The Sustainable Initiative ( sv, Hållbart initiativ, Hi) is a

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Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1 ...

History

Sustainable Initiative was officially formed as a political party in June 2019 ahead of that year's

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. Prior, it had been an unregistered political movement. The party received 8.3% of the vote in those elections, winning two of the 30 seats in

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, and improving their result from the

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by over 7 percentage points. In the municipal election the party won in total of four seats: two in

Mariehamn Mariehamn ( , ; fi, Maarianhamina ; la, Portus Mariae) 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 t ...

, one in Lemland and one in Hammarland. It is a member party of the

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of the

Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomo ...

References

External links

Official website
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