Parliament of Finland

Parliament of Finland

Suomen eduskunta
Finlands riksdag
Parliament of Finland ; Suomen eduskunta ; Finlands riksdag
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	9 May 1906
Structure
Seats	200
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Political groups	Government (109) ; <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/N' not found.; color:;"> National Coalition Party (48); Finns Party (46); Swedish People's Party (10); Christian Democrats (5); Opposition (91) ; Social Democratic Party (43); Centre Party (22); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.; color:;"> Green League (13); Left Alliance (11); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/M' not found.; color:;"> Movement Now (1); Independent (1);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation (open-list)
Last election	2 April 2023
Next election	18 April 2027
Meeting place
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	Parliament House, Helsinki
Website
	eduskunta.fi

The Parliament of Finland (Finnish: [Suomen eduskunta] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Swedish: [Finlands riksdag] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the unicameral supreme legislature of Finland. It was founded on 9 May 1906.^[1] It works with the Constitution of Finland. The power is vested in the Parliament.^[2] The Parliament is made up of 200 members, 199 of whom are elected every four years. In addition, there is one member from Åland.

Legislation may start by either the Government or one of the members of Parliament.

Parliament Of Finland Media

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The Diet of Porvoo is opened by Tsar Alexander I in 1809.
Eduskunnan istuntosali (1907-10) VPK-n talossa, Hakasalmenkatu 3 (=Keskuskatu 7). - N4009 (hkm.HKMS000005-km00320s).jpg

Parliament session hall in 1907
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The Finnish Senate of 1917, Prime Minister P. E. Svinhufvud in the head of table
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Evolution of parliamentary groups from 1945 to 2023
Nordiska radets presidium haller mote med de nordiska statsministrarna under session i Helsingfors 2008-10-28.jpg

Meeting of the Nordic Council presidium with Nordic Prime Ministers in the assembly room of the Grand Committee of the Parliament of Finland in Finnish Parliament Annex
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The Session Hall of the Parliament
A 1923 photograph of Heimola House by Frank G. Carpenter

References

↑ "Eduskunnan historia". www.historianhavinaa.net. Archived from the original on 2004-04-09. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
↑ Constitution of Finland (PDF). 1999. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2019-07-24.

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[1] "Eduskunnan historia". www.historianhavinaa.net. Archived from the original on 2004-04-09. Retrieved 2018-01-02.

[2] Constitution of Finland (PDF). 1999. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2019-07-24.

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