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Parliament of Åland

  • Swedish: Ålands lagting

Governs Åland Islands

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What it can't do

Åland is a demilitarised, Swedish-speaking autonomous province of Finland. The Lagting legislates only in matters the Autonomy Act assigns to the province; foreign affairs, civil and criminal law, the courts and customs remain with the Finnish State.

Act on the Autonomy of Åland (1144/1991)

Next vote

  • (set by law; may still move) General election · Member of the Lagting

Who sits on it

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Sources for who sits on it

  • Speaker of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Jörgen Pettersson as Speaker of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Alfons Röblom as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Anders Ekström as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Anders Holmberg as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Andreas Kanborg as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Annette Holmberg-Jansson as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Benny Pettersson as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Christian Wikström as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Harry Jansson as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Henrik Löthman as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Jessy Eckerman as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Johan Lindström as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • John Holmberg as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Jörgen Gustafsson as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Jörgen Pettersson as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Liz Mattsson as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Marcus Måtar as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Mika Nordberg as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Mogens Lindén as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Nina Fellman as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Pernilla Söderlund as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Peter Lindbäck as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Rainer Juslin as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Robert Mansén as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Roger Höglund as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Sandra Listherby as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Simon Påvals as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Stellan Egeland as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
  • Tony Asumaa as Member of the Lagting lagtinget.ax · checked
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What it can do

  • Legislative power in autonomy matters

    The Lagting legislates in the matters listed as provincial competence in the Act on the Autonomy of Åland (1144/1991), chapter 3, section 18, and decides the provincial budget.

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Sources for what it can do

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Sources

  • lagtinget.ax · checked Ålands lagting, Samtliga ledamöter, read 2026-10-12: members, Speaker Jörgen Pettersson, vice speakers. For: Parliament of Åland, Speaker of the Lagting, Jörgen Pettersson as Speaker of the Lagting
  • lagtinget.ax · checked Act on the Autonomy of Åland (1144/1991), read 2026-10-12: explainer text. For: What it can't do
  • eduskunta.fi · checked Official Finnish and Swedish names of the institutions as used on eduskunta.fi, presidentti.fi, valtioneuvosto.fi, korkeinoikeus.fi, kho.fi, lagtinget.ax and regeringen.ax, read 2026-10-12 and Statistics Finland regional classification for the 19 region names. For: Parliament of Åland in Swedish
  • finlex.fi · checked Finlex, Act on the Autonomy of Åland (1144/1991) English translation, as cited in the description. For: Legislative power in autonomy matters
  • lagtinget.ax · checked Ålands lagting, Ledamöter per lagtingsgrupp, read 2026-10-12: the 30 members and their lagtingsgrupp. For: Member of the Lagting, Alfons Röblom as Member of the Lagting, Anders Ekström as Member of the Lagting, Anders Holmberg as Member of the Lagting, Andreas Kanborg as Member of the Lagting and 26 more
  • val.ax · checked Ålands valmyndighet and Lagting rule (ordinary Lagting election on the third Sunday of October every four years; 2023 was 15 Oct 2023), read 2026-10-12: 2027-10-17 computed from the rule. New election legislation adopted 25 May 2026 applies from 2027 and was not read. For: General election, October 17, 2027

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