Høgni Karsten Hoydal (born 28 March 1966), commonly called Høgni Hoydal, is a Faroese politician, who served as Minister of Fisheries and

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from 2015 to 2019. He has been the party leader of

Tjóðveldi Republic ( fo, Tjóðveldi), formerly known as the Republican Party ( fo, Tjóðveldisflokkurin) is a left-wing political party on the Faroe Islands committed to Faroese independence. History The party was founded in 1948 as a reaction to th ...

since 1998.

Before taking office

Høgni Hoydal was a reporter of the Faroese national television station,

Kringvarp Føroya Kringvarp Føroya (KvF) (English: ''Broadcasting Service of the Faroe Islands'') is the national public broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands. It was founded on 1 January 2005 after a merger of the national radio and television networks, Útv ...

, for some years prior to his election to the Faroese parliament in 1998.

Political career

Høgni Hoydal brought the Republican Party back up from four MPs to eight in the 1998 elections and into government, due to popular opinion at the time. Høgni Hoydal became Minister of Justice and

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. The coalition stayed in power after the

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in 2002 and brought one more political party into the coalition and government. This coalition, however, broke down on 5 December 2003 and new

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held. After these elections another coalition was formed leaving the Republican Party in opposition. In 2008, Hoydal assumed the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The government coalition between the Republican Party, the People's Party and the Independence Party agreed on a road map towards independence and initiated negotiations with the

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. The negotiations, however, broke down and the Faroese coalition started going on a path towards greater autonomy by taking over the responsibility of matters previously undertaken by

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. * Member of Republican Party * 1998 member of the Faroese parliament (

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) * 16 May 1998 to 5 September 2003 Minister of Justice and

* 5 February to 15 September 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Second Cabinet of Jóannes Eidesgaard * 2001 – 2011 Member of Danish parliament (

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) except for the periods when he was Minister * 2015 – Minister of Fisheries

Member of the Folketing

In 2001, he was elected as one of the two Faroese members of the Danish

. He was re-elected in 2005 and re-elected again in 2007; but in the 2011 election lost the party's only Folketing seat to the Social Democrats' Sjúrður Skaale.

Bibliography

* ''Håb i krise'', written together with Michael Haldrup, 1995 (Danish) * ''Frælsi er Ábyrgd'', 2000 (Faroese) * ''Myten om rigsfællesskabet'', 2000 (Danish)

The Hoydal family

The family name Hoydal takes name after a neighbourhood in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

named Hoydalar, it is in a valley near

Hoyvík Hoyvík is a town in the Faroe Islands. It is part of the Tórshavn Municipality, and de facto is merged as a northern suburb of Tórshavn, the Faroese capital. History Hoyvík is believed to be a very old settlement. An early source is the ' ...

. Dánjal Hoydal was the first who took the name, he was Høgni Hoydal's great-grandfather, he was born Joensen. His son was the Faroese writer and politician

Karsten Hoydal Karsten or Carsten is a both a given name and a surname. It is believed to be either derived from a Low German form of Christian, or "man from karst". Notable persons with the name include: Given name ;Carsten: * Carsten Charles Sabathia (bor ...

(1912–1990) who was born in Hoydalar. Karsten Hoydal and his wife Marie Louise Falk-Rønne have four children: Annika Hoydal, born 1945, is an actor and singer,

Gunnar Hoydal Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

, born 1941 is also a writer, Kjartan Hoydal, born 1941 (Gunnar and Kjartan are twins) was secretary of the

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(NEAFC) and is now director of sp/f Skrivarastova Fish and Film. They have another son called Egil. Høgni Hoydal is Kjartan Hoydal's son.

References

External links

* Løgtingið og høvundarnir 2: ''Løgtingið 150'' (1st ed.) p. 288. Tórshavn Løgtingið 2002.
The North Atlantic Group in the Danish Parliament

Co-Creator of current Faro Whaling policy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoydal, Hogni 1966 births Living people Republic (Faroe Islands) politicians Members of the Løgting Government ministers of the Faroe Islands Foreign Ministers of the Faroe Islands Deputy Prime Ministers of the Faroe Islands Faroese writers Fisheries Ministers of the Faroe Islands Members of the Folketing 2001–2005 Members of the Folketing 2005–2007 Members of the Folketing 2007–2011 Members of the Folketing 2015–2019