Jessica Eckerman-Hartvik (born 27 April 1979) is an Ålandic politician and member of the

Parliament of Åland The Parliament of Åland (''Ålands lagting'') is the unicameral legislature of Åland, an autonomous, Swedish-speaking region of Finland. The Lagting has 30 members who make laws for Åland and oversee its government. Committees Most parli ...

, the regional

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of Åland, an

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region of

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. A

social democrat Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

, she has been a member of the legislature since November 2019.

Biography

Eckerman was born on 27 April 1979 and is a

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. She was a member of the

Non-aligned Coalition The Non-aligned Coalition () is a conservative political party on the Åland Islands. It was founded in 1987. In 2013 it was announced that the party would merge with the Moderates. All of the party's parliament members joined the Moderates to f ...

for four years and its vice-chairman before leaving the party in 2015. She contested the

2019 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 14 April 2019. For the first time, no party received more than 20% of the vote. The Centre Party, which had been the largest party following the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election, 2015 elections, ...

as an

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backed by the Social Democrats in

Åland Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...

and came second with 8.2% of the votes. She is member of the

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Mariehamn Mariehamn ( , ; ; ) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. It is mostly surrounded b ...

. Eckerman has two sons.

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1979 births 21st-century Finnish women politicians Åland Social Democrats politicians Finnish city councillors Living people Members of the Parliament of Åland People from Mariehamn Women from Åland in politics Women legislators in Finland {{Finland-politician-stub