Republic (Faroese: Tjóðveldi), formerly known as the Republican Party (Faroese: Tjóðveldisflokkurin) is a pro-independence left-wing political party in the Faroe Islands.

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Republic Tjóðveldi
Leader	Høgni Hoydal
Founders	Erlendur Patursson Hanus við Høgadalsá [da] Sigurð Joensen Jákup í Jákupsstovu [da]
Founded	22–23 May 1948
Headquarters	Postrúm 143, FO-110 Tórshavn
Youth wing	Unga Tjóveldi
Ideology	Democratic socialism[1] Left-wing nationalism[2] Faroese independence[1] Republicanism[3] Euroscepticism[2]
Political position	Left-wing[2]
Nordic affiliation	Nordic Green Left Alliance
Colours	Grey   Green   Dark green   Red   Blue
Løgting	6 / 33
Folketing (Faroe seats)	0 / 2
Election symbol
E
Website
www.tjodveldi.fo
Politics of the Faroe Islands Political parties Elections Formerly Republican Party Tjóðveldisflokkurin (1948–2007)

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The party was founded in 1948 as a reaction to the islands failing to gain independence despite the outcome of the 1946 independence referendum, after which independence was subsequently declared but annulled by the Danish King.

In 1998, Høgni Hoydal succeeded Heini O. Heinesen as party leader.

During the 20 January 2004 legislative elections, the party won 21.7% of the popular vote and eight out of 33 seats. However, after the passing of an amendment adding the term "sexual orientation" to paragraph 266b of the Anti-Discrimination Act, MP Karsten Hansen announced that he was leaving the party owing to a difference in opinion. He later joined the Centre Party.

At the elections on 19 January 2008, the party won 23.3% of the vote and eight out of 33 seats.

On 14 September 2007, the party changed its name from Tjóðveldisflokkurin to simply Tjóðveldi (i.e., from "the Republican Party" to just "Republic").

In the Danish parliamentary elections of 2007, the party received 25.4% of the Faroese vote, thereby retaining one of the two Faroese seats in the Danish national Folketing. In the 2011 election, however, its votes declined and it lost its seat to the Social Democrats. It regained its seat in the 2015 election, then lost it again in the 2019 election.

As of the 2022 general snap election:

a. Formerly a member of the People's Party until mid-November 2022.^[5]