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Løgting
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Also known as Logting

thumb| house in Thorshavn, built in 1856 thumb| house in the 1950s. The building in the background was from the Faroese telecom and now belongs to the as administration offices thumb| hall about 1900

Key facts

Legislature.name
Parliament of the Faroe Islands
Legislature.native_name
Føroya Løgting/Løgtingið
Legislature.logo
Logo - Løgting.png
Legislature.coa_pic
Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands.svg
Legislature.coa_res
150px
Legislature.house_type
Unicameral
Legislature.leader1_type
Speaker
Legislature.leader1
Bjørt Samuelsen
Legislature.party1
Republic
Legislature.election1
22 December 2022
Legislature.leader2_type
First Vice-Chairman
Legislature.leader2
Jóhannis Joensen
Legislature.party2
Social Democratic
Legislature.election2
22 December 2022
Legislature.leader3_type
Second Vice-Chairman
Legislature.leader3
Johan Dahl
Legislature.party3
Union
Legislature.election3
22 December 2022

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • History
  • The Viking Age
  • Norwegian rule
  • Danish rule
  • World War II
  • Self-government
  • Authority
  • Committees
  • Election results since 1906
  • Latest results
  • The Session of the Løgting
  • Historical documentation over the centuries
  • Members
  • See also
  • Literature
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb| house in Thorshavn, built in 1856 thumb| house in the 1950s. The building in the background was from the Faroese telecom and now belongs to the as administration offices thumb| hall about 1900

The '''' (pronounced ; ) is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory within the Danish Realm.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Løgting” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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