Tórshavn Municipality (Faroese: Tórshavnar kommuna; Danish: Thorshavn Kommune) is the municipality of the Faroese capital Tórshavn and its surroundings.

The municipality covers the southern half of Streymoy island and adjacent minor islands and has an area of 173 km. It became an independent municipality in 1866 and is the largest in the Faroes. The municipality has a population of about 23,090 (March 2023) or 40.5% of the total population of the islands.

It contains the following towns and villages:

• Tórshavn
• Argir
• Hoyvík
• Hvítanes
• Kaldbak
• Kaldbaksbotnur
• Kirkjubøur
• Velbastaður
• Kollafjørður
• Oyrareingir
• Signabøur
• Sund
• Norðradalur
• Syðradalur
• Nólsoy
• Hestur
• Koltur

Progression of the population of Tórshavn since 1801:

Population of Tórshavn

Year	1801	1854	1900	1925	1950	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2005	2007	2015	2020
Population	554	900	1,656	2,896	5,607	11,329	12,641	16,118	17,703	16,500	16,925	17,253	17,498	17,890	18,245	18,570	19,282	19,318	20,198	21,926

Tórshavn's municipal council consists of 13 members, elected every four years.

Election	Party					Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	E	F
2016	2	1	5	4	1	13	79.5%	Annika Olsen (A)
2020	2	1	6	3	1		81.0%	Heðin Mortensen (C)
Data from Kvf.fo

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