Republic (Faroe Islands)

Republic, formerly known as the Republican Party is a pro-independence left-wing political party in the Faroe Islands.

History

The party was founded in 1948 as a reaction to the islands failing to gain independence despite the outcome of the 1946 independence referendum, after which independence was subsequently declared but annulled by the Danish King.
In 1998, Høgni Hoydal succeeded Heini O. Heinesen as party leader.
During the 20 January 2004 legislative elections, the party won 21.7% of the popular vote and eight out of 33 seats. However, after the passing of an amendment adding the term "sexual orientation" to paragraph 266b of the Anti-Discrimination Act, MP Karsten Hansen announced that he was leaving the party owing to a difference in opinion. He later joined the Centre Party.
At the elections on 19 January 2008, the party won 23.3% of the vote and eight out of 33 seats.
On 14 September 2007, the party changed its name from Tjóðveldisflokkurin to simply Tjóðveldi.
In the Danish parliamentary elections of 2007, the party received 25.4% of the Faroese vote, thereby retaining one of the two Faroese seats in the Danish national Folketing. In the 2011 election, however, its votes declined and it lost its seat to the Social Democrats. It regained its seat in the 2015 election, then lost it again in the 2019 election.

As of the 2022 general snap election:

Name	Elected, Re-elected, or Appointed	Votes obtained in the general election	Title
Høgni Hoydal	R	760	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, & Minister of Trade and Industry
Bjørt Samuelsen	R	759	Speaker of the Logting
Sirið Stenberg	R	457	Minister of Social Affairs and Culture
Hervør Pálsdóttir	R	376	Member of the Logting
Annika Olsen^a	E	335	Member of the Logting
Dennis Holm	E	305	Minister of Fisheries
Eirikur í Jákupsstovu	A	295	Substitute Member of the Logting
Liljan Weihe	A	290	Substitute Member of the Logting
Erling Eidesgaard	A	216	Substitute Member of the Logting