The Sustainable Initiative (, Hi) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

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 ...

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. In the municipal election the party won in total of four seats: two in

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 ...

, one in Lemland and one in

Hammarland Hammarland ( in Swedish) is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland. Its entire population of people () speak Swedish, with 90% having it as their first language (31 December 2008). Hammarland is known for its historic church ...

. It is a member party of the

Centre Group The Centre Group () is a centrist party group in the Nordic Council. It consists of various political families, such as Christian democrats, liberals, agrarians and greens. Members The member organizations of the Centre Group are: The li ...

of the

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Election results

Parliament of Åland (Lagting)

Parliament of Finland

References

External links

Official website
Political parties in Åland Green parties in Europe Political parties established in 2019 Political parties of minorities in Finland {{Åland-stub