Finland Political Parties
A clear, up-to-date guide to the political parties of Finland: National Coalition Party, Finns Party, Social Democratic Party of Finland, Centre Party, Green League, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party of Finland, Christian Democrats. Their ideologies, leaders, and where they stand.
Finland has a proportional multi-party system in which no party comes close to a majority, so governments are broad coalitions. The National Coalition Party, the Social Democrats and the Centre Party are the traditional big three, joined in recent years by the Finns Party. Since 2023 Petteri Orpo has led a right-wing coalition of the National Coalition Party, the Finns Party, the Swedish People's Party and the Christian Democrats.
This guide sets out where each party stands: its history, its core ideology, and its positions on the economy, social questions, and foreign policy. Use it to understand the Finland political landscape, then take the test to see where your own views fall.
National Coalition Party
Centre-right · Founded 1918
Finland's main centre-right party and leader of the current government, favouring markets, fiscal discipline, NATO and the EU.
Read full profile →Finns Party
Right-wing · Founded 1995
A national-conservative party focused on cutting immigration and EU scepticism, now the second-largest partner in Finland's government.
Read full profile →Social Democratic Party of Finland
Centre-left · Founded 1899
Finland's oldest party and main force of the centre-left, closely tied to the trade unions and now leading the opposition.
Read full profile →Centre Party
Centre · Founded 1906
Finland's historic agrarian party, rooted in the countryside and in support for regional policy and decentralised power.
Read full profile →Green League
Centre-left · Founded 1987
Finland's green party, focused on climate and nature protection, social liberalism and a strongly pro-European outlook.
Read full profile →Left Alliance
Left-wing · Founded 1990
Finland's main party to the left of the Social Democrats, combining democratic socialism, feminism and environmental politics.
Read full profile →Swedish People's Party of Finland
Centre to centre-right · Founded 1906
The party of Finland's Swedish-speaking minority, liberal and pro-European, and a member of most Finnish governments since 1979.
Read full profile →Christian Democrats
Centre-right · Founded 1958
A small Christian democratic party focused on family values, care for the elderly and traditional social positions, part of the current government.
Read full profile →Where do you stand?
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