List of political parties in the Faroe Islands

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The Faroe Islands have a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

There are two major ideological cleavages in Faroese politics. In addition to the left-right spectrum, parties are also divided between those that want to maintain the Faroes' place within the Danish Realm ('unionists') and those that want Faroese independence ('separatists').

The current government is formed by a coalition between the two major centre-right parties, the Union Party and the People's Party, and the small, centrist Centre Party and Self-Government Party.

Political parties with elected representation at a national level

There are currently seven parties represented in the Løgting. The two largest parties – each with eight seats – represent centre-right unionism and centre-right separatism, while the next two – each with six seats – represent centre-left unionism and left-wing separatism. There are also three minor parties in the Løgting.

Party		MPs		Ideology	Leader	Notes
		Løgting (Faroese Parliament)	Folketing (Danish Parliament)
	Union Party Sambandsflokkurin	8	1	Centre-right – conservative liberal and Nordic agrarian. In favour of union with Denmark.	Kaj Leo Johannesen	Also rendered as the Unionist Party
	People's Party Fólkaflokkurin	8	0	Centre-right – liberal conservative. In favour of independence.	Jørgen Niclasen
	Social Democratic Party Javnaðarflokkurin	6	1	Centre-left – social democratic. In favour of union with Denmark.	Aksel V. Johannesen	Also rendered as the Equality Party
	Republic Tjóðveldi	6	0	Left-wing – democratic socialist. In favour of independence.	Høgni Hoydal	Also rendered as the Party for People's Government
	Progress Framsókn	2	0	Centre-right – classical liberal. In favour of independence.	Poul Michelsen
	Centre Party Miðflokkurin	2	0	Centre – Christian democratic and agrarian.	Jenis av Rana
	Self-Government Party Sjálvstýrisflokkurin	1	0	Centre – social liberal. In favour of union with Denmark.	Kári P. Højgaard	Also rendered as the Home Rule Party or Independence Party

Schematic depiction of the political party spectrum in the Faroe Islands

Other Minor Parties without Representation

Student Party (Miðnámsflokkurin, leader Bergur Johannesen)

Defunct parties

• Advancement for the Islands (m-l)
• Faroese Communist Party
• Faroese Christian People's Party (Kristiligi fólkaflokkurin)
• Faroese Socialists
• The Faroese Party (Hin føroyski flokkurin)
• Freedom Union (Frælsisfylkingin)
• The Progressive Party (Faroese political party) (Framburðsflokkurin)
• The Red 1 May Group (Faroe)
• Social Separatist Party (Sosialistiski loysingarflokkurin)
• Worker's Union (Faroese political party) (Verkamannafylkingin)
• The Funny Party (Hin stuttligi flokkurin)

See also

• List of political parties