The Social Democratic Party (, , JF, , JF) is a social democratic unionist political party on the Faroe Islands, led by Aksel V. Johannesen.
History 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.J.fo, From the history of the Social Democratic Party of the Faroe Islands
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.UF.fo, Løgtingsvalið 19. januar 2008
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.Kringvarp.fo
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 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 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
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 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 Kristianna Winther Poulsen A 205 Substitute Member of the Logting Hans Jacob Thomsen A 189 Substitute Member of the Logting Kim Durhuus A 161 Substitute Member of the Logting
Election results Year Votes Seats Position#%#± 1928 671 10.6 New 3rd 1932 825 10.5 0 3rd 1936 1,891 24.0 4 3rd 1940 2,012 23.9 0 3rd 1943 1,919 19.9 1 3rd 1945 3,305 22.8 1 3rd 1946a. 3,705 28.1 2 3rd 1950 2,605 22.4 2 3rd 1954 2,518 19.8 1 4th 1958 3,589 25.8 3 1st 1962 4,161 27.5 0 1st 1966 4,751 27.0 1 1st 1970 4,916 27.2 0 1st 1974 5,125 25.8 0 1st 1978 5,062 22.3 0 2nd 1980 5,043 21.7 1 2nd 1984 5,879 23.4 1 1st 1988 6,233 21.6 1 2nd 1990 7,805 27.5 3 1st 1994 3,918 15.4 5 3rd 1998 6,063 21.9 2 2nd 2002 6,378 20.9 0 3rd 2004 6,921 21.8 0 2nd 2008 6,018 19.3 1 4th 2011 5,428 17.8 0 4th 2015 8,093 25.1 2 1st 2019 7,480 22.1 1 2nd 2022 9,094 26.6 2 1st 2026 6,672 18.88 3 3rd
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
External links Official website