Liberals for Åland

The Liberals for Åland (Swedish: Liberalerna på Åland) is a liberal political party on the Åland Islands.[1] The party is an observer member of the Liberal International. In the 2015 legislative elections, the party received the largest number of votes and won 7 out of 30 seats. The current party leader is Katrin Sjögren.[2]

Liberals for Åland

Liberalerna på Åland
LeaderKatrin Sjögren
Founded1978
Merger ofMittenliberalerna & LOS-Liberalerna
HeadquartersPb 69, AX 22101 Mariehamn
Youth wingÅlands Liberala Ungdomsgrupp
Women's wingLiberala Kvinnogruppen
IdeologyLiberalism[1]
Social liberalism[1]
Political positionCentre
International affiliationLiberal International (observer)
European Parliament groupALDE (co-operation with Swedish People's Party of Finland)
Nordic Council affiliationCentre Group
ColoursBlue
Parliament of Finland
0 / 1
Parliament of Åland
6 / 30
Municipalities
34 / 208
Website
www.liberalerna.ax

Elections
Ålandic parliament[3]
Year MPs Votes
1979 9 2 763 29,6%
1983 9 3 005 28,9%
1987 8 2 530 23,7%
1991 7 2 462 22,9%
1995 8 2 981 26,6%
1999 9 3 463 28,7%
2003 7 2 970 24,1%
2007 10 4 176 32,6%
2011 6 2 630 20,3%
2015 7 3 216 23,3%
2019 6 2 788 19,6%
 Municipal council[4]
Year Councillors Votes
1995 43 2 677 23,5%
1999 45 3 034 24,8%
2003 42 2 871 22,9%
2007 41 3 535 27,8%
2011 34 2 531 18,8%
2015 34 2 946 20,2%
 Finnish parliament[5][6]
Year MPs Votes
1995 1 6 038 61,0%
1999 1 5 870 56,1%
2003 – 3 323 28,5%
2015 – 1 277 10.5%

See also
  • Liberalism
  • Liberalism worldwide
  • List of liberal parties

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Åland/Finland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. "Liberalerna på Åland". Liberalerna (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. Lagtings- och kommunalvalet 2007 Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Statistik 4:2007 (ÅSUB), p. 32.
  4. Lagtings- och kommunalvalet 2007 Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Statistik 4:2007 (ÅSUB), p. 56.
  5. Riksdagsvalet 18.3.2007 Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, Tabell 8. Resultatet för de olika listorna vid riksdagsvalen 1987–2007 (ÅSUB)
  6. Party results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine


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