New Self-Government

Nýtt Sjálvstýri New Self-Government
Leader	Jógvan Skorheim
Founded	1906
Ideology	Liberalism Social liberalism[1] Regionalism[1] Autonomism
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Green and blue
Løgting	2 / 33
Folketing (Faroe seats)	0 / 2
Website
www.sjalvstyri.fo
Politics of the Faroe Islands Political parties Elections

Nýtt Sjálvstýri (previously Sjálvstýrisflokkurin) (English: New Self-Government, but sometimes still referred to as the Home Rule Party) is a liberal^[2] and autonomist^[3] political party in the Faroe Islands. It is currently led by the Mayor of Klaksvík Jógvan Skorheim.^[4]

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 2 out of 33 seats. In early elections in 2011, the party's vote fell to 4.2% and it lost one seat.^[5] At the 2011 election to the Løgting, the party won 4% of the votes and got 2 members elected.^[6]

Current members of the Faroese parliament

• Kári P. Højgaard
• Bárður Kass Nielsen

Leaders

Presidents of the Self-Government Party Jógvan Skorheim 9 April 2015 - 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		Members
	#	%	#	±
1906	579	37.6%	8 / 20	New
1908	340	33.9%	7 / 20	1
1910	289	24.5%	7 / 20	0
1912	365	41.6%	7 / 20	0
1914	625	47.2%	8 / 20	1
1916	542	51.7%	9 / 20	1
1918	2,938	49.7%	11 / 20	2
1920	2,476	41.6%	10 / 20	1
1924	2,450	39.1%	10 / 23	0
1928	2,680	42.3%	11 / 23	1
1932	2,931	37.3%	8 / 21	3
1936	2,694	34.2%	8 / 24	0
1940	1,365	16.2%	4 / 24	4
1943	1,001	10.4%	0 / 25	4
1945	1,239	9.4%	2 / 25	2
1946	Did not run.
1950	957	8.2%	2 / 25	2
1954	908	7.1%	2 / 27	0
1958	816	5.9%	2 / 30	0
1962	892	5.9%	2 / 29	0
1966	867	4.9%	1 / 26	1
1970	1,010	5.6%	1 / 26	0
1974	1,430	7.2%	2 / 26	2
1978	1,626	7.2%	2 / 26	0
1980	1,953	8.4%	3 / 32	1
1984	2,135	8.5%	2 / 32	1
1988	2,033	7.1%	2 / 32	0
1990	2,489	8.8%	3 / 32	1
1994	1,438	5.6%	2 / 32	1
1998	2,116	7.6%	2 / 32	0
2002	1,351	4.4%	1 / 32	1
2004	1,461	4.6%	1 / 32	0
2008	2,244	7.2%	2 / 33	1
2011	1,290	4.2%	1 / 33	1
2015	1,301	4.0%	2 / 33	1

Danish general election

Year	# of votes	% of Faroese vote	# of overall seats won	# of Faroese seats won	±
1945[7]	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

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy

References

1. Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
2. Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
3. Jason Sorens (13 February 2012). Secessionism: Identity, Interest, and Strategy. MQUP. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-0-7735-8751-9.
4. in.fo - Jógvan Skorheim formaður í Sjálvstýrisflokkinum
5. Kringvarp.fo, Results from the political elections 2011 and 2008
6. Mohr, Bjarni; Frederiksen, Leivur (2 September 2015). "Løgtingsval 2015: Her er endaliga valúrslitið" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 2 September 2015. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
7. In union with Social Democratic Party.

External links

• Sjálvstýrisflokkurin official site