The Green League,shortened to the Greens,is a green political party in Finland. Ideologically,the Green League is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a reformist party and it is supportive of feminism,animal rights and green liberal ideas. Originally split on whether Finland should join the European Union,the Green League is pro-European and was the first Finnish party in favor of the federalisation of the European Union. The Green League is among the large political parties in Finland. The Greens hold twenty of the 200 seats in the Finnish Parliament and three of Finland's 14 European Parliament seats. The party is a member of the Global Greens and the European Green Party;its MEPs sit in the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament.
Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party,he was replaced in the party's leadership by Jutta Urpilainen in June 2008. He was Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 2011–2015.
Northern Savonia was an electoral district represented in the Finnish Eduskunta (parliament). Since 2013 it has been part of the Savo-Karelia electoral district. It covered the administrative region of Northern Savonia,with a population of about 251,000. Northern Savonia currently elects ten members of the Eduskunta.
The Pirate Party is a Pirate Party in Finland that was registered as a political party from 2009 to 2023. The group currently has around 173 paying members. The chairman of the party is Pekka Mustonen. The party is a member of Pirate Parties International and European Pirate Party.
Pietari Osmo Jääskeläinen is a Finnish politician who was member of Finnish Parliament in 2009–2015,representing The Finns Party. He became a member of Finnish Parliament in 2009 when Timo Soini was elected to the European Parliament and was re-elected in 2011. In 2015 Finnish parliamentary election,he was not re-elected.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 April 2015,with advance voting taking place from 8 to 14 April. The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method.
Juhana Mikael Vartiainen is a Finnish politician,economist and a member of the Finnish Parliament,representing the National Coalition Party,which he joined after having been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1975 to 2015. He was elected the Mayor of Helsinki in August 2021 by the Helsinki city council.
Savo-Karelia is one of the 13 electoral districts of the Parliament of Finland,the national legislature of Finland. The district was established in 2013 by the merger of North Karelia and North Savo districts. It is conterminous with the regions of North Karelia and North Savo. The district currently elects 15 of the 200 members of the Parliament of Finland using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 parliamentary election it had 343,887 registered electors.
Matti Torvinen is a Finnish politician and the party secretary of the Blue Reform. He represented the Finns Party in the City Council of Rovaniemi since 2012,being elected in 2012 and 2017. Torvinen was a candidate in the 2015 parliamentary election,and the 2269 votes he gained were enough for a substitute place.
Olavi Oskari Ala-Nissilä is a Finnish politician. He has been an MP from 1991 to 2006 and was re-elected in 2015. Ala-Nissiläwas a member of the European Court of Auditors in between 2006 and 2012.
Maria Karoliina Ohisalo is a Finnish politician and researcher who served as Minister of the Interior between 2019 and 2021. The former chairman of the Green League,she has been a Member of Parliament since 2019.
Sofia Marjanna Virta is a Finnish politician of the Green League currently serving as a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Varsinais-Suomi constituency since 2019,as well as the current chairman of the Green League since 10 June 2023.
Iiris Suomela is a Finnish politician formerly serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Green League at the Pirkanmaa constituency. She was a member of the Grand Committee and the Finance Committee. She has also formerly been vice chairperson for Tampere city council,and a Member of the Board of Directors of University of Tampere.
Lassi Vilhelm Junnila is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland,representing the constituency of Finland Proper. He is a member of the Finns Party. He is currently a member in three committees:the Constitutional Law Committee,the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Intelligence Oversight Committee. He is also a member in the Finnish delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Finns Party parliamentary group´s vice chairperson.
Fatim Winshett El Habib Diarra is a Finnish politician.
Sampsa Kalle Henrikki Kataja is a Finnish politician,Member of Parliament and lawyer. Kataja has served in the Pori City Council from 1997 to 2017 and from 2021 to 2025,and as a member of the National Assembly for the Coalition Party of Finland from 2007 to 2015.
Pekka Tapani Ravi is a Finnish politician. He served as a member of the National Coalition Party in 1999–2003 and 2007–2015.
Jorma Antero Piisinen is a Finnish television presenter,journalist and current Member of Parliament,regional councillor and city councillor in Järvenpää. He is known as the presenter of the programme Joka kodin asuntomarkkinat on MTV3 from 1991 to 2010. Piisinen became its main character in 1993. With the publicity,Piisinen also became a popular performer at various fairs.
Anu Johanna Urpalainen is a Finnish politician representing the Finnish Coalition Party. She was a Member of Parliament from the Kymi constituency in 2012–2015.
Eemeli Peltonen is a Finnish politician and Member of Parliament.
