Chairman | Hans Wallmark |
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Vice Chairman | Michael Tetzschner |
Headquarters | Christiansborg DK-1240 København K |
Youth wing | Nordic Young Conservative Union |
Ideology | Conservatism Liberal conservatism Economic liberalism |
Political position | Centre-right |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party group |
Colours | Blue |
Nordic Council | 13 / 87 |
Website | |
Page on Nordic Council | |
The Conservative Group is a liberal conservative party group on the Nordic Council.
The member organizations of the Conservative Group are: [1]
Country | National party | National MPs | European MPs | Status | ||||
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# of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | |||
Åland | Moderate Coalition for Åland (Moderat Samling för Åland) | 4 / 30 | 2023 | 0 / 200 0 / 1 | 2023 | 0 / 13 | 2019 | Junior partner |
Non-aligned Coalition (Obunden Samling) | 5 / 30 | 0 / 200 0 / 1 | 0 / 13 | |||||
Denmark | Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) | 10 / 175 | 2022 | 10 / 179 | 2022 | 1 / 14 | 2019 | Opposition |
Faroe Islands | Faroese People's Party – Radical Self-Government (Hin føroyski fólkaflokkurin – radikalt sjálvstýri) | 7 / 33 | 2022 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 | 2022 | Not in EU | Opposition | |
Finland | National Coalition Party (Kansallinen Kokoomus/Samlingspartiet) | 48 / 199 | 2023 | 48 / 200 | 2023 | 3 / 13 | 2019 | Government |
Iceland | Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) | 16 / 63 | 2021 | Not in EU | Government | |||
Norway | Conservative Party (Høyre/Høgre) | 36 / 169 | 2021 | Not in EU | Opposition | |||
Sweden | Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet) | 68 / 349 | 2022 | 4 / 20 | 2019 | Government |
In the European Parliament, the MEPs of the member parties are part of the European People's Party parliamentary group.
Organisation | Institution | Number of seats |
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European Union | European Commission | 0 / 28 |
European Council (Heads of Government) | 2 / 28 | |
Council of the European Union (Participation in Government) | 2 / 28 | |
European Parliament | 8 / 751 |
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