Centre Party (Faroe Islands)

"Miðflokkurin" redirects here. Not to be confused with Miðflokkurinn of Iceland.

The Centre Party (Faroese: Miðflokkurin) is a Christian democratic,^[1] conservative^[7] political party on the Faroe Islands, led by Jenis av Rana. The party is known for its social conservatism, particularly its stance on LGBT rights.^[8]

Centre Party Miðflokkurin
Leader	Jenis av Rana
Founded	30 May 1992
Split from	Christian People's Party
Youth wing	Ung fyri Miðflokkin
Ideology	Christian democracy[1] Social conservatism[1] Christian right[2] Anti-LGBT[3][4][5][6] Regionalism[1]
Political position	Right-wing
Nordic affiliation	Centre Group
Colours	Blue
Løgting	2 / 33
Folketing (Faroe seats)	0 / 2
Election symbol
H
Website
midflokkurin.fo
Politics of the Faroe Islands Political parties Elections

At the 2008 Faroese general election, the party won 8.4% of the popular vote and three out of 33 seats in the Løgting. In the 2011 Faroese general election, the party fell to 6.2% and two seats.

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
Jenis av Rana	R	721	Member of the Løgting
Steffan Klein Poulsen	E	518	Member of the Løgting

Leaders

Party leaders Jenis av Rana 2001–present Álvur Kirke 1999–2001 Bill Justinussen 1997–1999 Jenis av Rana 1994–1997 Álvur Kirke 1992–1994

Parliamentary leaders Jenis av Rana 1998–present Tordur Niclasen 1992–1998

History of Centre Party in the Faroese and Danish general elections

Faroese general election[1] Year Votes Seats Position # % # ± 1994 1,491 5.2 2 / 32 New 7th 1998 1,125 4.1 1 / 32 1 6th 2002 1,292 4.2 1 / 32 0 6th 2004 1,661 5.2 2 / 32 1 5th 2008 2,610 8.4 3 / 33 1 5th 2011 1,882 6.2 2 / 33 1 6th 2015 1,775 5.5 2 / 33 0 6th 2019 1,815 5.4 2 / 33 0 5th 2022 2,242 6.6 2 / 33 0 6th

Danish general election Year Votes Members # % 2001 569 2.2 0 / 2 2005 829 3.3 0 / 2 2007 1,577 6.8 0 / 2 2011 872 4.2 0 / 2 2015 605 2.6 0 / 2 2019 Did not contest 2022 1,217 4.5 0 / 2

References

1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Faroes/Denmark". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
2. Gaini, Firouz (2 December 2019). "Jerusalem in the North Atlantic: The Land and State of Israel from a Faroese Perspective". In Adams, Jonathan; Heß, Cordelia (eds.). Antisemitism in the North: History and State of Research. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 219. ISBN 978-3-11-063193-7. ISSN 2627-440X.
3. "Homo-lov vedtages på Færøerne - politiken.dk". 13 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
4. "Holdningsskred i synet på homoseksuelle på Færøerne | Information". 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
5. "Færøsk politiker: Lesbisk statsminister forbryder sig mod Bibelen - politiken.dk". 8 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
6. "FAKTA: Her er de ni partier i Færøernes valg - Kristeligt Dagblad". Archived from the original on 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
7. 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. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
8. Bertholdsen, Áki (22 September 2014). "Miðflokkurin setir treytaleyst krav". in.fo (in Faroese). Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

External links

• Official web site