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Finland

Finland is a unitary parliamentary republic in Northern Europe. The President of Finland serves as head of state while the Prime Minister heads the government, and the unicameral Parliament of Finland, the Eduskunta, holds legislative power.

Facts
Classification
Freedom Status
Liberal Democracy 1
Founding Year
1917 2
Connections

Governed By

Petteri Orpo Government, Governments
Source Politics of Finland (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors

Practices

Parliamentary Democracy, Systems of Government
Source Finland (Wikipedia)
Party-List Proportional Representation, Political Mechanisms
Source Party-list proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Proportional Representation, Political Mechanisms
Source Proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Unitary State, Systems of Government
Source Finland (Wikipedia)
Universal Suffrage, Political Mechanisms
Source Universal suffrage (Wikipedia)
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Finland

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Financial Action Task Force

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Sources
1. Freedom House: Finland (Freedom in the World 2025)
Freedom HouseOverview, Global Freedom Score 100/100 (free)
Quote, Overview, Global Freedom Score 100/100 (free)
Finland's parliamentary system features free and fair elections and robust multiparty competition.
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2. Finland (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: established_date2
    6 December 1917
  • Practices: Unitary State, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary republic
  • Practices: Parliamentary Democracy, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary republic
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Politics of Finland (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    The politics of Finland take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy.
  • Governed By: Petteri Orpo Government, Lead paragraph
    Finland's head of government is Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, who leads the nation's executive branch.
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Party-list proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Practices: Party-List Proportional Representation, Lead paragraph
Quote, Practices: Party-List Proportional Representation, Lead paragraph
as in Finland, Brazil, and the Netherlands
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Proportional representation (Wikipedia)
Practices: Proportional Representation, Article text
Quote, Practices: Proportional Representation, Article text
List PR systems are used in Finland (open list), Latvia (open list), Sweden (open list), Israel (national closed list)
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Universal suffrage (Wikipedia)
Practices: Universal Suffrage, Article text
Quote, Practices: Universal Suffrage, Article text
In 1906, the autonomous Russian territory known as Grand Duchy of Finland (which became the Republic of Finland in 1917) became the first territory in the world to implement unrestricted universal suffrage
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