Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)

Political party in the Faroe Islands

Social Democratic Party

Javnaðarflokkurin

Abbreviation| JF
Chairperson| Aksel V. Johannesen
Deputy Chairperson| Eyðgunn Samuelsen
General Secretary| Bjarni Arge
Founded| 25 September 1925; 99 years ago (1925-09-25)
Headquarters| Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Youth wing| Socialist Youth
Ideology| Social democracy[1]
Danish unionism[1]
Political position| Centre-left
National affiliation| Social Democrats
Nordic affiliation| SAMAK
The Social Democratic Group
Colours|  Red
Løgting|

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Folketing
(Faroe seats)|

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Election symbol
Website
j.fo

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The Social Democratic Party[2] (Faroese: Javnaðarflokkurin, lit. 'Equality Party', JF) (Danish: Det socialdemokratiske parti, JF) is a social democratic[3] political party on the Faroe Islands, led by Aksel V. Johannesen.

## History

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The Social Democratic Party was founded on 25 September 1925 by members of Faroese trade unions.

Its youth organization Sosialistiskt Ungmannafelag (Socialist Youth) was founded in 1965.[4]

At the 2004 general election on 20 January 2004, the party received 21.8% of the popular vote and therefore won 7 out of 33 seats in the Løgting.

At the 2008 general election on 19 January 2008, the party received 19.3% of the popular vote and therefore won 6 out of 33 seats.[5]

In the 2011 election for the Danish Folketing, the party improved its vote share to 21.0%, and took one of the two Faroese seats previously held by Republic. The elected representative of the Social Democratic Party in the Folketing is Sjúrður Skaale, who received 1539 personal votes.[6]

At the 2011 general election on 29 October 2011, the party received 17.8% of the popular vote and therefore won 6 out of 33 seats.

At the 2015 general election on 1 September 2015, the party received 25.1% of the vote, winning a plurality of 8 seats in the Løgting.

## Ideology

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The party is officially neutral on the matter of independence from Denmark, but generally leans towards remaining in the union. In the Danish Folketing, the Social Democratic Party supports the "Red Bloc" led by the Social Democrats of Denmark.

## Party leaders

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* Aksel V. Johannesen 2011–present
* Jóannes Eidesgaard 1996–2011
* Marita Petersen 1993–1996
* Atli Dam 1972–1993
* Jákup Frederik Øregaard 1969–1972
* Einar Waag 1968–1969
* Peter Mohr Dam 1936–1968
* Maurentius Viðstein 1926–1936

## Current members of the Løgting

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As of the 2022 general snap election:

Name | Elected (E), Re-elected (R), or Appointed (A) | Votes obtained in the general election | Title

|
|
|

Aksel V. Johannesen | R | 1,961 | Prime Minister
Ingilín Didriksen Strøm | R | 787 | Minister of Environment
Djóni Nolsøe Joensen | R | 495 | Minister of Children and Education
Bjarni Hammer | R | 445 | Member of the Logting
Jóhannis Joensen | R | 416 | First Vice-Chairman ("Deputy Speaker") of the Logting[7]
Eyðgunn Samuelsen | E | 405 | Member of the Logting
Uni Holm Johannesen | E | 344 | Member of the Logting
Henrik Old | R | 308 | Member of the Logting
Margit Stórá | E | 305 | Minister of Health
Súsanna Bertholdsen | A | 275 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7]
Kristianna Winther Poulsen | A | 205 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7]
Hans Jacob Thomsen | A | 189 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7]
Kim Durhuus | A | 161 | Substitute Member of the Logting[7]

## Election results

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Year  | Votes  | Seats  | Position

|
|
|

#  | %  | #  | ±
1928 | 671  | 10.6  |

2 / 23

| New |  3rd
1932 | 825  | 10.5  |

2 / 21

|  0  |  3rd
1936 | 1,891  | 24.0  |

6 / 24

|  4  |  3rd
1940 | 2,012  | 23.9  |

6 / 24

|  0  |  3rd
1943 | 1,919  | 19.9  |

5 / 25

|  1  |  3rd
1945 | 3,305  | 22.8  |

6 / 23

|  1  |  3rd
1946a. | 3,705  | 28.1  |

4 / 20

|  2  |  3rd
1950 | 2,605  | 22.4  |

6 / 25

|  2  |  3rd
1954 | 2,518  | 19.8  |

5 / 27

|  1  |  4th
1958 | 3,589  | 25.8  |

8 / 30

|  3  |  1st
1962 | 4,161  | 27.5  |

8 / 29

|  0  |  1st
1966 | 4,751  | 27.0  |

7 / 26

|  1  |  1st
1970 | 4,916  | 27.2  |

7 / 26

|  0  |  1st
1974 | 5,125  | 25.8  |

7 / 26

|  0  |  1st
1978 | 5,062  | 22.3  |

8 / 32

|  0  |  2nd
1980 | 5,043  | 21.7  |

7 / 32

|  1  |  2nd
1984 | 5,879  | 23.4  |

8 / 32

|  1  |  1st
1988 | 6,233  | 21.6  |

7 / 32

|  1  |  2nd
1990 | 7,805  | 27.5  |

10 / 32

|  3  |  1st
1994 | 3,918  | 15.4  |

5 / 32

|  5  |  3rd
1998 | 6,063  | 21.9  |

7 / 32

|  2  |  2nd
2002 | 6,378  | 20.9  |

7 / 32

|  0  |  3rd
2004 | 6,921  | 21.8  |

7 / 32

|  0  |  2nd
2008 | 6,018  | 19.3  |

6 / 33

|  1  |  4th
2011 | 5,428  | 17.8  |

6 / 33

|  0  |  4th
2015 | 8,093  | 25.1  |

8 / 33

|  2  |  1st
2019 | 7,480  | 22.1  |

7 / 33

|  1  |  2nd
2022 | 9,094  | 26.6  |

9 / 33

|  2  |  1st

a. The Social Democratic Party ran on a joint electoral coalition with the Self-Government Party in the 1946 general election (the former ended up winning 4 seats with the latter winning 2 seats).

## References

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1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
2. ^ Tom Lansford (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 392\. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
3. ^ Christina Bergqvist (1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 318\. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
4. ^ J.fo, From the history of the Social Democratic Party of the Faroe Islands
5. ^ UF.fo, Løgtingsvalið 19. januar 2008
6. ^ Kringvarp.fo Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today
7. ^ a b c d e "Bjørt løgtingsforkvinna og Aksel løgmaður". kvf.fo (in Faroese). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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