Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)
Social Democratic Party Javnaðarflokkurin | |
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| Leader | Aksel V. Johannesen |
| Founded | 25 September 1925 |
| Headquarters | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
| Youth wing | Socialist Youth |
| Ideology | Danish unionism[1] Social democracy[1] |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Social Democrats |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| Nordic affiliation | SAMAK |
| Colours | Red |
| Løgting | 7 / 33
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| Folketing (Faroe seats) | 1 / 2
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| Website | |
| http://www.j.fo/ | |
The Social Democratic Party[2] (Faroese: Javnaðarflokkurin, JF; literally the Equality Party) is a social-democratic[3] political party in the Faroe Islands, led by Aksel V. Johannesen. Its youth organization Sosialistiskt Ungmannafelag was founded in 1965.[4]
History
At the 2004 general election on 20 January 2004, the party won 21.8% of the popular vote and 7 out of 33 seats in the Løgting.
At the 2008 general election on 19 January 2008, the party won 19.3% of the popular vote and 6 out of 32 seats.[5]
In the 2011 election for the Danish Folketing, the party improved its vote to 21.0% of the Faroese vote, and took one of the two Faroese seats in the Folketing previously held by Republic. The politician who was elected and represented 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 won 17.8% of the popular vote and 6 out of 32 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
The party wants to maintain the link of the Faroe Islands with Denmark, but is not as adamant about it as the Union Party. In the Danish Folketing, the Social Democratic Party supports the "Red Bloc" led by the Social Democrats of Denmark.
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Party leaders
- 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
- Aksel V. Johannesen
- Eyðgunn Samuelsen
- Rigmor Dam
- Heðin Mortensen
- Henrik Old
- Kristin Michelsen
- Bjarni Hammer
- Sonja Jógvansdóttir (elected for Javnaðarflokkurin with 1021 personal votes, but left the party on 16 September 2015)[7]
History of Javnaðarflokkurin in the Faroese general elections
- Faroese general elections 1928–2015
| Year | Votes | Members | |
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| # | % | ||
| 1928 | 671 | 10.6 | 2 / 23
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| 1932 | 825 | 10.5 | 2 / 21
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| 1936 | 1,891 | 24.0 | 6 / 24
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| 1940 | 2,012 | 23.9 | 6 / 24
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| 1943 | 1,919 | 19.9 | 5 / 25
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| 1945 | 3,305 | 22.8 | 6 / 23
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| 1946 | 3,705 | 28.1 | 4 / 20
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| 1950 | 2,605 | 22.4 | 6 / 25
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| 1954 | 2,518 | 19.8 | 5 / 27
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| 1958 | 3,589 | 25.8 | 8 / 30
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| 1962 | 4,161 | 27.5 | 8 / 29
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| 1966 | 4,751 | 27.0 | 7 / 26
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| 1970 | 4,916 | 27.2 | 7 / 26
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| 1974 | 5,125 | 25.8 | 7 / 26
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| 1978 | 5,062 | 22.3 | 8 / 32
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| 1980 | 5,043 | 21.7 | 8 / 32
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| 1984 | 5,879 | 23.4 | 8 / 32
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| 1988 | 6,233 | 21.6 | 7 / 32
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| 1990 | 7,805 | 27.5 | 10 / 32
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| 1994 | 3,918 | 15.4 | 5 / 32
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| 1998 | 6,063 | 21.9 | 7 / 32
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| 2002 | 6,378 | 20.9 | 7 / 32
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| 2004 | 6,921 | 21.8 | 7 / 32
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| 2008 | 6,018 | 19.3 | 6 / 33
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| 2011 | 5,428 | 17.8 | 6 / 33
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| 2015 | 8,093 | 25.1 | 8 / 33
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References
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Tom Lansford (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
- ^ Christina Bergqvist (1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 318. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
- ^ J.fo, From the history of the Social Democratic Party of the Faroe Islands
- ^ UF.fo, Løgtingsvalið 19. januar 2008
- ^ Kringvarp.fo Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today
- ^ Frederiksen, Leivur (16 September 2015). "Sonja J. Jógvansdóttir farin úr Javnaðarflokkinum" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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