Faroe Islands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Faroe Islands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics The Faroe Islands sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. They sent one participant, Krista Mørkøre, who participated in three events in swimming. Her top finish was 10th in women's 400 m freestyle S10, and she did not qualify for the finals of any of her three events. The Faroe Islands, a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, first joined Paralympic competition at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. The Faroe Islands do not compete in the Olympic Games under their own
Elections in the Faroe Islands 4.2%, 1 MP Elections in the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands elects on national level a legislature. The Faroese Parliament ("Løgtingið in Faroese") has 33 members of parliament, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The Faroe Islands have a multi-party system (disputing on independence and unionism as well as left and right), with numerous parties in which a single party normally does not have a chance of gaining power alone, and therefore the parties must work together in order to form a coalition government. JF - 23.4%, 8 MPs<br> FF - 21.6%, 7 MPs<br> SF - 21.2%, 7