Moderates of Åland

Moderates of Åland
Moderaterna på Åland
Leader Johan Ehn
Founded 1967
Headquarters Pb 69, 22101 Mariehamn
Ideology Liberalism
Conservatism[1]
Liberal conservatism[2]
Political position Centre-right
European affiliation None
International affiliation None
European Parliament group ALDE (co-operation with Swedish People's Party of Finland)
Colours Blue
Website
www.moderaterna.ax

The Moderates of Åland (Swedish: Moderaterna på Åland; previously Freeminded Co-operation, Swedish: Frisinnad Samverkan) was a conservative[1] and liberal-conservative[2] political party on the Åland Islands. At the 2003 elections, the party won 13.6% of popular votes and 4 out of 30 seats. The current party leader is Johan Ehn. In the 21 October 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won 9.5% of the popular vote and 3 out of 30 seats, a loss of one.

The party changed its name from Freeminded Co-operation to Moderates of Åland in April 2011. It later merged with the Non-aligned Coalition to form the Moderate Coalition for Åland.

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References

  1. 1 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.
  2. 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2011). "ÅLAND / SF". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2018.


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