The Union Party ( fo, Sambandsflokkurin, also translated Unionist Party) is a
conservative-liberal,
agrarian political party
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on the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
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The party wants to maintain the Faroe Islands' union with
Denmark
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. On 24 October 2015
Bárður á Steig Nielsen succeeded
Kaj Leo Johannesen as party leader.
In the
elections in 2008, the party won 21.0% of the popular vote and 7 out of 33 seats. After having been in the opposition for a short interval after the elections, the Union Party formed a
new government in September 2008, and Kaj Leo Johannesen became prime minister.
In the
Danish parliamentary elections of 2007, the party received 23.5% of the Faroese vote, thereby gaining one of the two Faroese seats in the
national legislature of Denmark.
At the
general elections in 2011 the party gained 24.7% of the votes and 8 seats out of 33. However, on 10 February 2014 the party gained one more seat in the Løgting, after Gerhard Lognberg who was elected to the parliament representing the Social Democratic Party, joined the Union Party. This happened three months after Lognberg had been expelled from the
Social Democratic Party due to some disagreements, making the Union Party the joint biggest party of the Faroese parliament, along with the
People's Party.
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Electoral performance
Leaders
Leaders of the Union Party:
* Bárður á Steig Nielsen 2015—present
* Kaj Leo Johannesen 2004–2015
* Lisbeth L. Petersen 2001–2004
* Edmund Joensen 1990–2001
* Pauli Ellefsen 1974–1990
* Trygvi Samuelsen 1970–1974
* Johan Poulsen 1948–1970
* Andrass Samuelsen 1924–1948
* Oliver Effersøe 1917–1924
* Fríðrikur Petersen 1906–1917
Current members of the Løgting
As of the 2022 general snap election:
References
External links
Sambandsflokkurin
official site
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Conservative liberal parties
Liberal parties in Denmark
Nordic agrarian parties
Political parties in the Faroe Islands