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<td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2002_Faroese_general_election" title="2002 Faroese general election">2002</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table class="wikitable ib-legis-elect-results plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr class="nowrap"> <th>Party</th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Seats </th> <th><abbr title="Seat change from the previous election">+/–</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid #BED630;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (Faroe Islands)">Republic</a> </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heini_O._Heinesen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heini O. 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Heinesen</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">23.8% </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">8 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-p">+4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid #D20D44;"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)">Social Democratic</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3annes_Eidesgaard" title="Jóannes Eidesgaard">Jóannes Eidesgaard</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">21.9% </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">7 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-p">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid #00843B;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="People's Party (Faroe Islands)">People's</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Anfinn_Kallsberg" title="Anfinn Kallsberg">Anfinn Kallsberg</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">21.3% </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">8 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-p">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid #006CB4;"><a href="/wiki/Union_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="Union Party (Faroe Islands)">Union</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Joensen" title="Edmund Joensen">Edmund Joensen</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">18.0% </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">6 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid #E6327F;"><a href="/wiki/Self-Government_(Faroe_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-Government (Faroe Islands)">Self-Government</a> </th> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helena_Dam_%C3%A1_Neystab%C3%B8" title="Helena Dam á Neystabø">Helena Dam á Neystabø</a></span> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">7.6% </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">2 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats">0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="border-left: 4px solid #0A4168;"><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="Centre Party (Faroe Islands)">Centre</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Justinussen" title="Bill Justinussen">Bill Justinussen</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">4.1% </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">1 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-disclaimer">This lists parties that won seats. 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href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/135px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="585" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">Constitution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Denmark" title="Constitution of Denmark">Constitution</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Succession_(Denmark)" title="Act of Succession (Denmark)">Act of Succession</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_and_freedom_of_the_press_in_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark">Freedom of Speech and the Press</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Taxation in the Faroe Islands">Taxation</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark" title="Monarchy of Denmark">The Crown</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark" title="Monarchy of Denmark">Monarch</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/King_Frederik_X" class="mw-redirect" title="King Frederik X">King Frederik X</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Council_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Council of State">Privy Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Purveyors_to_the_Court_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Purveyors to the Court of Denmark">Purveyors to the Royal Court</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/The_unity_of_the_Realm" class="mw-redirect" title="The unity of the Realm">The unity of the Realm</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="no"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Denmark_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1070" data-file-height="560" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Danish_Realm" title="Danish Realm">Kingdom of Denmark</a> <dl><dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></dd> <dd><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greenland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Executive_branch" title="Politics of the Faroe Islands">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Denmark">Regeringen <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Government of Denmark</span></a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Denmark,_T%C3%B3rshavn" title="High Commission of Denmark, Tórshavn">High Commissioner</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Danish_High_Commissioners_in_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Danish High Commissioners in the Faroe Islands">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lene_Moyell_Johansen" title="Lene Moyell Johansen">Lene Moyell Johansen</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Faroe Islands">Landsstýri <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Government of the Faroe Islands</span></a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Lawmen_and_Prime_Ministers_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lawmen and Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands">Premier</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aksel_V._Johannesen" title="Aksel V. Johannesen">Aksel V. Johannesen</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Deputy_Prime_Ministers_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Deputy Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands">Deputy Premier</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B8gni_Hoydal" title="Høgni Hoydal">Høgni Hoydal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Aksel_V._Johannesen" title="Cabinet of Aksel V. Johannesen">Johannesen Cabinet</a></li></ul> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Danish_Council_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Council of State">Privy Council</a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Danish_Council_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Council of State">Council of State</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Margrethe_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Margrethe II">Queen Margrethe II</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Legislative_branch" title="Politics of the Faroe Islands">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8gting" title="Løgting">Løgtingið <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Parliament of the Faroe Islands</span></a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_L%C3%B8gting,_2011%E2%80%9315" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Løgting, 2011–15">35th National Parliament</a>)</span></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_L%C3%B8gting_of_the_Faroe_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Løgting of the Faroe Islands">Speaker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_%C3%A1_Reynat%C3%BAgvu" title="Páll á Reynatúgvu">Páll á Reynatúgvu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_L%C3%B8gting,_2011%E2%80%9315" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Løgting, 2011–15">Members</a></li></ul> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Folketing" title="Folketing">Folketinget <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark</span></a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Folketing" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Folketing">69th Kingdom Parliament</a>)</small></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Folketing" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Folketing">Speaker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pia_Kj%C3%A6rsgaard" title="Pia Kjærsgaard">Pia Kjærsgaard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_parliament_of_Denmark#Greenland_.282.29" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the parliament of Denmark">Members</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Government_and_politics_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Judicial_branch_of_the_government_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Outline of the Faroe Islands">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of Denmark">Supreme Court</a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b>President</b> <ul><li>Poul Søgaard</li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Denmark" title="Courts of Denmark">Courts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Faroe_Islands" title="Elections in the Faroe Islands">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Faroe_Islands" title="List of political parties in the Faroe Islands">Political parties</a></li> <li>Recent elections <dl><dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Folketing" title="Folketing">Kingdom</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/2019_Danish_general_election" title="2019 Danish general election">2019</a></b></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Danish_general_election" title="2015 Danish general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Danish_general_election" title="2011 Danish general election">2011</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8gting" title="Løgting">National</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/2019_Faroese_general_election" title="2019 Faroese general election">2019</a></b></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Faroese_general_election" title="2015 Faroese general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Faroese_general_election" title="2011 Faroese general election">2011</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendums" class="mw-redirect" title="Referendums">Referendums</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1907_Faroese_alcohol_referendum" title="1907 Faroese alcohol referendum">Alcohol <span style="font-size:85%;">(1907)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Faroese_independence_referendum" title="1946 Faroese independence referendum">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Faroese_alcohol_referendum" title="1973 Faroese alcohol referendum">Alcohol <span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Danish_Act_of_Succession_referendum" title="2009 Danish Act of Succession referendum">Act of Succession</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: 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href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)">Social Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,063</td><td style="text-align:right">21.90</td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00843B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="People's Party (Faroe Islands)">People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,886</td><td style="text-align:right">21.26</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#006CB4"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Union_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="Union Party (Faroe Islands)">Union Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,995</td><td style="text-align:right">18.04</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E6327F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Self-Government_(Faroe_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-Government (Faroe Islands)">Self-Government Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,116</td><td style="text-align:right">7.64</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0A4168"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="Centre Party (Faroe Islands)">Centre Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,125</td><td style="text-align:right">4.06</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_People%27s_Party_(Faroe_Islands)" title="Christian People's Party (Faroe Islands)">Christian People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">698</td><td style="text-align:right">2.52</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td 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style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>194</td><td>0.70</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>27,876</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>31,609</td><td>88.19</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://logting.elektron.fo/Ymiskt/logtingsval/val98/htdocs/saman.htm">Løgting</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="1966 Faroese general election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Faroese_general_election" title="1970 Faroese general election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Faroese_general_election" title="1974 Faroese general election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Faroese_general_election" title="1978 Faroese general election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Faroese_general_election" title="1980 Faroese general election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Faroese_general_election" title="1984 Faroese general election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Faroese_general_election" title="1988 Faroese general election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Faroese_general_election" title="1990 Faroese general election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Faroese_general_election" title="1994 Faroese general election">1994</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Faroese_general_election" title="2002 Faroese general election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Faroese_general_election" title="2004 Faroese general election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Faroese_general_election" title="2008 Faroese general election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Faroese_general_election" title="2011 Faroese general election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Faroese_general_election" title="2015 Faroese general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Faroese_general_election" title="2019 Faroese general election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Faroese_general_election" title="2022 Faroese general election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1907_Faroese_alcohol_referendum" title="1907 Faroese alcohol referendum">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Faroese_independence_referendum" title="1946 Faroese independence referendum">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Faroese_alcohol_referendum" title="1973 Faroese alcohol referendum">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Faroese_municipal_merger_referendum" title="2012 Faroese municipal merger referendum">2012</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Danish_elections" title="Template:Danish elections">Elections and referendums in Denmark</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" 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