Sjálvstýri

Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: referred to interchangeably as Independence, Self-Government, or Home Rule) is a liberal,^[2] autonomist^[4] political party on the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of Klaksvík, Jógvan Skorheim.^[5]

Self-Government Sjálvstýri
Leader	Sámal Petur í Grund [fo] (acting)[1]
Founded	1909
Ideology	Liberalism[2] Social liberalism[3] Regionalism[3] Autonomism[4]
Political position	Centre[citation needed]
National affiliation	Danish Social Liberal Party
Nordic affiliation	Centre Group
Colours	Purple and blue
Løgting	0 / 33
Folketing (Faroe seats)	0 / 2
Election symbol
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Website
www.sjalvstyri.fo
Politics of the Faroe Islands Political parties Elections

Nýtt Sjálvstýri traditionally supported greater autonomy for the Faroes within the Kingdom of Denmark, but in 1998 it agreed, as part of a coalition deal with Tjóðveldi and Fólkaflokkurin, to support national independence for the Faroes. Today it supports obtaining independence through gradually increasing Faroese autonomy until the Faroe Islands becomes a de facto independent state.

At the 2008 election to the Løgting, the party won 7.2% of the popular vote and two out of 33 seats. In early elections in 2011, the party's vote fell to 4.2% and it lost one seat.^[6] At the 2011 election to the Løgting, the party won 4% of the votes; two members were elected.^[7]

Leaders

Presidents of the Self-Government Party Sámal Petur í Grund 18 December 2022– (acting) Kári P. Højgaard 23 February–18 December 2022 Jógvan Skorheim 9 April 2015–23 February 2022 Kári P. Højgaard 2011–2015 Kári á Rógvi 2010–2011 Kári P. Højgaard 2003–2010 Eyðun Elttør 2001–2003 Sámal Petur í Grund 2001 Helena Dam á Neystabø 1994–2001 Hilmar Kass 1971–1994 Louis Zachariasen Edward Mitens 1936–1939 Jóannes Patursson 1909–1936

Parliamentary leaders Kári P. Højgaard 2013–d.d. Jógvan Skorheim 2011–2013 Kári P. Højgaard 2001–2011 Sámal Petur í Grund 1998–2001 Helena Dam á Neystabø 1993–1998 Lasse Klein 1988–1993 Hilmar Kass 1970–1988

Election results

Faroese general election

Year	Votes		Seats		Position
	#	%	#	±
1906	579	37.6%	8 / 20	New	2nd
1908	340	33.9%	7 / 20	1	2nd
1910	289	24.5%	7 / 20	0	2nd
1912	365	41.6%	7 / 20	0	2nd
1914	625	47.2%	8 / 20	1	2nd
1916	542	51.7%	9 / 20	1	1st
1918	2,938	49.7%	11 / 20	2	2nd
1920	2,476	41.6%	10 / 20	1	2nd
1924	2,450	39.1%	10 / 23	0	2nd
1928	2,680	42.3%	11 / 23	1	2nd
1932	2,931	37.3%	8 / 21	3	2nd
1936	2,694	34.2%	8 / 24	0	1st
1940	1,365	16.2%	4 / 24	4	4th
1943	1,001	10.4%	0 / 25	4	4th
1945	1,239	9.4%	0 / 25	0	4th
1946	with Social Democratic Party		2 / 25	2	3rd
1950	957	8.2%	2 / 25	0	5th
1954	908	7.1%	2 / 27	0	5th
1958	816	5.9%	2 / 30	0	5th
1962	892	5.9%	2 / 29	0	5th
1966	867	4.9%	1 / 26	1	5th
1970	1,010	5.6%	1 / 26	0	5th
1974	1,430	7.2%	2 / 26	1	5th
1978	1,626	7.2%	2 / 26	0	5th
1980	1,953	8.4%	3 / 32	1	5th
1984	2,135	8.5%	2 / 32	1	5th
1988	2,033	7.1%	2 / 32	0	5th
1990	2,489	8.8%	3 / 32	1	5th
1994	1,438	5.6%	2 / 32	1	8th
1998	2,116	7.6%	2 / 32	0	5th
2002	1,351	4.4%	1 / 32	1	5th
2004	1,461	4.6%	1 / 32	0	6th
2008	2,244	7.2%	2 / 33	1	6th
2011	1,290	4.2%	1 / 33	1	7th
2015	1,301	4.0%	2 / 33	1	7th
2019	1,158	3.4%	1 / 33	1	7th
2022	938	2.7%	0 / 33	1	7th

Danish general election

Year	# of votes	% of Faroese vote	# of overall seats won	# of Faroese seats won	±
1945[8]	2.521	29.2%	0 / 149	0 / 1	New
1947	809	8.4%	0 / 150	0 / 2	0
1950	535	14.8%	0 / 151	0 / 2	0
1953 (apr)	351	10.4%	0 / 151	0 / 2	0
1953 (sep) - 1968	did not run.
1971	648	4.9%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1973	553	4.2%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1975	did not run.
1977	551	3.4%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1979	797	4.3%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1981	867	5.2%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1984	1,033	5.6%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1987	1,070	4.8%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1988	897	3.9%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1990	1,240	6.9%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1994	469	2.4%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
1998	1,603	7.7%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2001	434	1.6%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2005	585	2.4%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2007	799	3.5%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2011	481	2.3%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2015	403	1.7%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2019	334	1.3%	0 / 179	0 / 2	0
2022	did not run.

See also

• Category:Self-Government (Faroe Islands) politicians
• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy