Åland Centre

The Åland Centre (Swedish: Åländska Centern) is an agrarian-centrist[2] political party on the Åland Islands. The party was founded by Karl-Anders Bergman 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 21 October 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). 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
4. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). Parties and Elections in Europe. Books on Demand. p. 202. ISBN 9783750481343.
5. "Mats Löfström". Parliament of Finland. 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

• Official web site (in Swedish)