Åland Centre

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Åland Centre Åländska Centern
Leader	Veronica Thörnroos
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Box 69 22100, Mariehamn
Youth wing
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 Åland Coalition	1 / 1
Parliament of Åland	9 / 30
Municipalities	36 / 208
Website
www.centern.ax
Politics of Åland Political parties Elections

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.

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]

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• Official web site (in Swedish)

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