Sjálvstýri

Template:Short description Template:Infobox political party Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: referred to interchangeably as Independence, Self-Government, or Home Rule) is a liberal,<ref name="Bergqvist1999">Template:Cite book</ref> autonomist<ref name="Sorens2012">Template:Cite book</ref> political party on the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of Klaksvík, Jógvan Skorheim.<ref>in.fo - Jógvan Skorheim formaður í Sjálvstýrisflokkinum Template:Webarchive</ref>

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.<ref>Kringvarp.fo, Results from the political elections 2011 and 2008 Template:Webarchive</ref> At the 2011 election to the Løgting, the party won 4% of the votes; two members were elected.<ref name="Result2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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%	Template:Composition bar	New	Template:Increase 2nd
1908	340	33.9%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Steady 2nd
1910	289	24.5%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 2nd
1912	365	41.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 2nd
1914	625	47.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady 2nd
1916	542	51.7%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Increase 1st
1918	2,938	49.7%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Decrease 2nd
1920	2,476	41.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Steady 2nd
1924	2,450	39.1%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 2nd
1928	2,680	42.3%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady 2nd
1932	2,931	37.3%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 3	Template:Steady 2nd
1936	2,694	34.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Increase 1st
1940	1,365	16.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	Template:Decrease 4th
1943	1,001	10.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	Template:Steady 4th
1945	1,239	9.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 4th
1946	with Social Democratic Party		Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Increase 3rd
1950	957	8.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Decrease 5th
1954	908	7.1%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 5th
1958	816	5.9%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 5th
1962	892	5.9%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 5th
1966	867	4.9%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Steady 5th
1970	1,010	5.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 5th
1974	1,430	7.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady 5th
1978	1,626	7.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 5th
1980	1,953	8.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady 5th
1984	2,135	8.5%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Steady 5th
1988	2,033	7.1%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 5th
1990	2,489	8.8%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady 5th
1994	1,438	5.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Decrease 8th
1998	2,116	7.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Increase 5th
2002	1,351	4.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Steady 5th
2004	1,461	4.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Decrease 6th
2008	2,244	7.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady 6th
2011	1,290	4.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Decrease 7th
2015	1,301	4.0%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Steady 7th
2019	1,158	3.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Steady 7th
2022	938	2.7%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:Steady 7th

Danish general election

Year	# of votes	% of Faroese vote	# of overall seats won	# of Faroese seats won	±
1945<ref>In union with Social Democratic Party.</ref>	2.521	29.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	New
1947	809	8.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1950	535	14.8%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1953 (apr)	351	10.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1953 (sep) - 1968	did not run.
1971	648	4.9%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1973	553	4.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1975	did not run.
1977	551	3.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1979	797	4.3%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1981	867	5.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1984	1,033	5.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1987	1,070	4.8%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1988	897	3.9%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1990	1,240	6.9%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1994	469	2.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
1998	1,603	7.7%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2001	434	1.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2005	585	2.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2007	799	3.5%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2011	481	2.3%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2015	403	1.7%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2019	334	1.3%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 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

External links

• Sjálvstýrisflokkurin official site