Åland Centre

The Åland Centre (Swedish: Åländska Centern) is an agrarian-centrist[2] political party on the Åland Islands. The party was founded in 1976.[3] At the 2003 election, the party won 24.1% of the popular vote and 7 out of 30 seats and became on a par with the Liberals of Åland. On the October 21st, 2007, parliamentary election, the party won 24.2% of the popular vote and 8 out of 30 seats. At the election in 2011 it became the strongest party with 23.6% and 7 out of 30 seats, but lost this position to the Liberals at the election in 2015 with 21.7% and 7 out of 30 seats.

Åland Centre Åländska Centern
Leader	Veronica Thörnroos
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Box 69 22100, Mariehamn
Ideology	Conservative liberalism Agrarianism[1] Green liberalism
Political position	Centre[1] to centre-right
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Nordic affiliation	Centre Group
Colours	Green
Parliament of Finland	1 / 1
Parliament	9 / 30
Municipalities	36 / 208
Website
www.centern.ax
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The party is affiliated with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[4]

Mats Löfström, the current MP of the Åland Island in the parliament, represents Åland Centre.[5]

References

1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Åland/Finland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. pp. 319–. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
3. "Historik". Centern på Åland (in Swedish). 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
4. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). Parties and Elections in Europe. Books on Demand. p. 202.
5. "Mats Löfström". Parliament of Finland. 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

• Official web site (in Swedish)