Faroese independence referendum, 1946
- Faroese independence referendum, 1946
An independence referendum was held in the Faroe Islands on 14 September 1946. The result was 48.7% (5,660 votes) in favor to 47.2% (5.499 votes) against.[cite book|last=Steining|first=Jørgen|editor=Bomholt, Jul.; Fabricius, Knud; Hjelholt, Holger; Mackeprang, M.; Møller, Andr. (eds.)|title=Den danske rigsdag 1849-1949 bind VI|year=1953|publisher=J. H. Schultz Forlag|location=Copenhagen|language=Danish|isbn=|pages=p. 185|chapter=Rigsdagen og Færøerne] 481 votes or 4.1% were blank or invalid.][ [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Faeroe_Islands.html Faeroe Islands] . Retrieved on 2007-05-19.] [Steining, p. 187.] The dissolution of the Løgting was on 8 November followed by the Faroese parliamentary election of 1946 in which the parties in favour of full independence received a total of 5,396 votes while the parties against received a total of 7,488 votes. [Steining, p. 188.] As a reaction to the growing self-government and independence movements, Denmark finally granted the Faroe Islands home-rule on 30 March 1948.]References
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