Schleswig Party

Schleswig Party
Slesvigsk Parti
German nameSchleswigsche Partei
ChairpersonRainer Naaujeck
Founded1920
HeadquartersVestergade 30
6200 Aabenraa
Youth wingSP[1]
IdeologyRegionalism
Autonomism
Separatism
German, Danish, Frisian (Frisii), Jutes, Angles and the Saxons minority interests
Political positionCentre
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
Colours  Yellow
Regions
0 / 205
Municipal councils
10 / 2,436
Mayors
1 / 98
Election symbol
S
Party flag
Website
www.slesvigsk-parti.dk
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VW Käfer with Logo for the Schleswig Party
Schleswig Partys election poster 1939

The Schleswig Partyda (Danish: Slesvigsk Parti, German: Schleswigsche Partei) is a regional political party in Denmark representing the North Schleswig Germans (Standard German-(Low German) and the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig and Frisian (Frisii)-North Frisian, Jutes, Angles and the Saxons-Northern Low Saxon (Low Saxon).

Flag of the Germans of Northern Schleswig, Denmark.
Flag of the Danes of Southern Schleswig, Germany.
Flag of Frisia. Friesland (disambiguation), Frisian (Frisii), Friesland, North Frisia (disambiguation), North Frisian, North Frisian Barrier Island, North Frisian Islands, North Frisian language (Frisian languages), North Frisia, Nordfriesland (district) (Nordfriesland – Dithmarschen Nord), Frisian Islands, North Sea, Wadden Sea.
Interfrisian flag of the Interfrisian Council.
Collaboration (cooperation) between Schleswig Party (SP) and South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) and South Schleswig Association (SSF).

History

The party was established in August 1920 as the Schleswig Voters Club (German: Schleswigscher Wählerverein) following the Schleswig Plebiscites and the ceding of Northern Schleswig from Germany to Denmark.[2] It ran in the September 1920 Folketing elections, winning a single seat taken by Johannes Schmidt-Wodder [de].[2] The party maintained its single seat in elections in 1924, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1939.[3][4]

The party did not run in the 1943 or 1945 elections, but returned to contest the 1947 elections,[5] in which it failed to win a seat.[3] The party remained seatless until the September 1953 elections, retaining its seat in 1957 and 1960. The 1964 elections saw the party lose its single seat, and it did not contest the 1966 elections.

The party returned to run in the 1968 elections, but failed to win a seat. After failing to win a seat in the 1971 elections, the party has not contested any further national elections, although it continues to participate in local politics in North Schleswig.

Between 1973 and 1979 the party was represented in Parliament by Jes Schmidt [da], a candidate elected through an electoral agreement with the Centre Democrats. After his death in 1979, the agreement between the two parties stopped because the SP proposed a candidate with a Waffen-SS past, thus unacceptable for the CD.[6]

Leaders

Election results

Folketing

Election Votes Seats
# % ± pp # ±
1920 (Sep) 7,505 0.6% New
1 / 149
 New
1924 7,715 0.6% 0.0
1 / 149
 Steady 0
1926 10,422 0.8% +0.2
1 / 149
 Steady 0
1929 9,787 0.7% –0.1
1 / 149
 Steady 0
1932 9,868 0.6% –0.1
1 / 149
 Steady 0
1935 12,617 0.8% +0.2
1 / 149
 Steady 0
1939 15,016 0.9% +0.1
1 / 149
 Steady 0
1943–1945 Did not run
1947 7,464 0.4% +0.4
0 / 150
 Steady 0
1950 6,406 0.3% –0.1
0 / 151
 Steady 0
1953 (Apr) 8,438 0.4% +0.1
0 / 151
 Steady 0
1953 (Sep) 9,721 0.5% +0.1
1 / 179
 Increase 1
1957 9,202 0.4% –0.1
1 / 179
 Steady 0
1960 9,058 0.4% 0.0
1 / 179
 Steady 0
1964 9,274 0.4% 0.0
0 / 179
 Decrease 1
1966 Did not run
1968 6,831 0.2% +0.2
0 / 179
 Steady 0
1971 6,743 0.2% 0.0
0 / 179
 Steady 0
1973– Did not run

Landsting

Election Votes Seats
1928 6,736
0 / 76
1932 Did not run
1936 8,868
0 / 76
1939 11,122
0 / 76
1943–1953 Did not run

Local elections

Municipal elections
Election Seats
# ±
1922
56 / 10,750
1925
64 / 11,329
 Increase 8
1929
70 / 11,403
 Increase 6
1933
72 / 11,425
 Increase 2
1937
88 / 11,371
 Increase 16
1943
1946
1950
45 / 11,499
1954
52 / 11,505
 Increase 7
1958
50 / 11,529
 Decrease 2
1962
44 / 11,414
 Decrease 6
1966
42 / 10,005
 Decrease 2
1970
20 / 4,677
 Decrease 22
1974
16 / 4,735
 Decrease 4
1978
14 / 4,759
 Decrease 2
1981
12 / 4,769
 Decrease 2
1985
14 / 4,773
 Increase 2
1989
9 / 4,737
 Decrease 5
1993
9 / 4,703
 Steady 0
1997
8 / 4,647
 Decrease 1
2001
7 / 4,685
 Decrease 1
2005
4 / 2,522
 Decrease 3
2009
6 / 2,468
 Increase 2
2013
9 / 2,444
 Increase 3
2017
10 / 2,432
 Increase 1
2021
10 / 2,436
 Steady 0
 
Regional elections
Date Votes Seats
# ±
1935 4,737
6 / 299
1943
6 / 299
 Steady 0
1946
1 / 299
 Decrease 5
1950 3,123
2 / 299
 Increase 1
1954 3,912
3 / 299
 Increase 1
1958 4,069
3 / 303
 Steady 0
1962 3,860
2 / 301
 Decrease 1
1966 3,837
3 / 303
 Increase 1
1970 7,501
1 / 366
 Decrease 2
1974 6,454
2 / 370
 Increase 1
1978 6,508
1 / 370
 Decrease 1
1981 6,285
1 / 370
 Steady 0
1985 5,593
1 / 374
 Steady 0
1989 4,877
0 / 374
 Decrease 1
1993 5,115
1 / 374
 Increase 1
1997 4,538
1 / 374
 Steady 0
2001 4,417
1 / 374
 Steady 0
2005-2013 Did not run
2017 5,267
0 / 205
 Steady 0
2021 Did not run
 
Mayors
Year Seats
No. ±
2005
0 / 98
 Steady 0
2009
0 / 98
 Steady 0
2013
0 / 98
 Steady 0
2017
0 / 98
 Steady 0
2021
1 / 98
 Increase 1

See also

References

  1. ^ https://slesvigsk-parti.dk/unge/
  2. ^ a b The Schleswig Party after 1920 Schleswig Party (in German)
  3. ^ a b Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp552–553 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  4. ^ Cohn, Einar (May 1939). "Rigsdagsvalgene og Folkeafstemningen i April og Maj 1939". Danmarks Statistik.
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p540
  6. ^ Hans Schultz Hansen,Sønderjyllands historie siden 1945
  7. ^ "Slesvigsk Parti". Folkevalgte.dk. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.