The Centre Group (Swedish: Mittengruppen) is a party group on the Nordic Council. It consists of various political families, such as Christian democrats, liberals, agrarians and greens.
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| Abbreviation | MG |
| Chairperson |  Linda Modig |
| General Secretary |  Terhi Tikkala |
| Founded | February 1983 |
| Ideology | Big tent Factions: Liberalism Christian democracy Green politics (Nordic) Agrarianism |
| Political position | Centre Factions: Centre-left to centre-right |
| European affiliation | ALDE, EFA, EGP, EPP |
| European Parliament group | Renew, Greens/EFA, EPP Group |
| Colours | Orange Purple |
| Slogan | "We Make the Nordics Bigger!" (Swedish: "Vi gör Norden större!") |
| Nordic Council | 24 / 87 |
| Website | |
| mittengruppen.org | |
Members edit
The member organizations of the Centre Group are:[1][2]
| Country | National party | National MPs | MEPs | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | |||
 Åland | Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland) | 9 / 30 | 2023 | 0 / 200 0 / 1 | 2023 | 0 / 14 | 2019 | Junior partner |
| Åland Centre (Åländsk Centern) | 7 / 30 | 1 / 200 1 / 1 | 0 / 14 | Junior partner | ||||
| Sustainable Initiative (Hållbart Initiativ) | 1 / 30 | 0 / 200 0 / 1 | 0 / 14 | Opposition | ||||
| Future of Åland (Ålands Framtid) | 0 / 30 | 0 / 200 0 / 1 | 0 / 14 | Opposition | ||||
 Denmark | Venstre (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti) | 23 / 175 | 2022 | 23 / 179 | 2022 | 3 / 14 | 2019 | Junior partner |
| Moderates (Moderaterne) | 16 / 175 | 16 / 179 | 0 / 14 | Junior partner | ||||
| Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre) | 7 / 175 | 7 / 179 | 2 / 14 | Opposition | ||||
| Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance) | 14 / 175 | 14 / 179 | 0 / 14 | Opposition | ||||
 Faroe Islands | Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin) | 7 / 33 | 2022 | 1 / 179 1 / 2 | 2022 | Not in EU | Opposition | |
| Centre Party (Miðflokkurin) | 2 / 33 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 | Opposition | |||||
| Progress (Framsókn) | 3 / 33 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 | Junior partner | |||||
| Self-Government (Sjálvstýri) | 0 / 33 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 | Extra-parliamentary | |||||
| Finland | Centre Party (Suomen Keskusta/Centern i Finland) | 23 / 200 | 2023 | 23 / 200 | 2023 | 2 / 14 | 2019 | Junior partner |
| Green League (Vihreä liitto/Gröna förbundet/Ruoná lihttu) | 13 / 200 | 13 / 200 | 2 / 14 | |||||
| Swedish People's Party of Finland (Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue/ Svenska folkpartiet i Finland) | 9 / 200 | 9 / 200 | 1 / 14 | |||||
| Christian Democrats (Kristillisdemokraatit/Kristdemokraterna) | 5 / 200 | 5 / 200 | 0 / 14 | Opposition | ||||
 Greenland | Democrats (Demokraatit/Demokraterne) | 3 / 31 | 2021 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 | 2019 | Not in EU | Opposition | |
| Solidarity (Atassut) | 2 / 31 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 | Confidence and supply | |||||
| Cooperation Party (Suleqatigiissitsisut/Samarbejdspartiet) | 0 / 31 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 | Opposition | |||||
 Iceland | Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) | 13 / 63 | 2021 | Not in EU | Junior partner | |||
| People's Party (Flokkur Fólksins) | 6 / 63 | Opposition | ||||||
| Reform (Viðreisn) | 5 / 63 | |||||||
| Centre Party (Miðflokkurinn) | 3 / 63 | |||||||
 Norway | Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 28 / 169 | 2021 | Not in EU | Junior partner | |||
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 8 / 169 | Opposition | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 3 / 169 | |||||||
| Sweden | Centre Party (Centerpartiet) | 24 / 349 | 2022 | 2 / 20 | 2019 | Opposition | ||
| Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) | 19 / 349 | 2 / 20 | Junior partner | |||||
| Liberals (Liberalerna) | 16 / 349 | 1 / 20 | Junior partner | |||||
| Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna) | 18 / 349 | 2 / 20 | Opposition | |||||
The liberal parties of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, the centre parties of Finland and Sweden, the Swedish People's Party of Finland and the Reform Party are members of the ALDE and Renew Europe; the Christian Democrats of Denmark, Finland and Sweden are members of the EPP and the European People's Party group; the green parties are members of the European Green Party and Greens–EFA, while Future of Åland is a member of the European Free Alliance.
Elected representatives of Member Parties edit
European institutions edit
| Organisation | Institution | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|
 European Union | European Commission | 1 / 28 |
| European Council (Heads of Government) | 0 / 28 | |
| Council of the European Union (Participation in Government) | 2 / 28 | |
| European Parliament | 17 / 751 |
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