Centre Group

AbbreviationMG

General Secretary

FoundedFebruary 1983

Centre Group Mittengruppen (Swedish) Keskiryhmä (Finnish) Midtergruppen (Danish) Midtengruppen (Norwegian) Flokkahópur miðjumanna (Icelandic)

Abbreviation	MG
Chairperson	Hanna Katrín Friðriksson
General Secretary	Jouni Ovaska
Founded	February 1983 (1983-02)
Ideology	Centrism Factions: Liberalism Christian democracy Green politics Agrarianism (Nordic)
Political position	Centre Factions: Centre-right to centre-left
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
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The Centre Group (Swedish: Mittengruppen) is a centrist party group in the Nordic Council. It consists of various political families, such as Christian democrats, liberals, agrarians and greens.

The member organizations of the Centre Group are:^[1]^[2]

Country or territory	National party	Nordic Council	National MPs				MEPs		Status
Country or territory	National party	Nordic Council	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	Status
Åland	Liberals for Åland (Liberalerna på Åland)	1 / 2	9 / 30	2023	0 / 200 0 / 1	2023	0 / 14	2024	Junior partner
	Åland Centre (Åländsk Centern)	0 / 2	7 / 30		1 / 200 1 / 1		0 / 14		Junior partner
	Sustainable Initiative (Hållbart Initiativ)	0 / 2	1 / 30		0 / 200 0 / 1		0 / 14		Opposition
	Future of Åland (Ålands Framtid)	0 / 2	0 / 30		0 / 200 0 / 1		0 / 14		Opposition
Denmark	Venstre (Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti)	1 / 16	23 / 175	2022	18 / 179	2026	2 / 15	2024	Junior partner
	Moderates (Moderaterne)	1 / 16	16 / 175		14 / 179		1 / 15		Junior partner
	Liberal Alliance (Liberal Alliance)	1 / 16	14 / 175		16 / 179		1 / 15		Opposition
	Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)	0 / 16	7 / 175		10 / 179		1 / 15		Opposition
Faroe Islands	Union Party (Sambandsflokkurin)	2 / 20 ^[a]	7 / 33	2026	1 / 179 1 / 2	2026	Not in EU		Junior partner
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurin)	0 / 2	2 / 33		0 / 179 0 / 2				Opposition
	Progress (Framsókn)	0 / 2	2 / 33		0 / 179 0 / 2				Opposition
	Sjálvstýri	0 / 2	1 / 33		0 / 179 0 / 2				Opposition
Finland	Centre Party (Suomen Keskusta/Centern i Finland)	2 / 18	23 / 200	2023	23 / 200	2023	2 / 14	2024	Opposition
	Green League (Vihreä liitto/Gröna förbundet/Ruoná lihttu)	1 / 18	13 / 200		13 / 200		2 / 14		Opposition
	Swedish People's Party of Finland (Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue/ Svenska folkpartiet i Finland)	1 / 18	9 / 200		9 / 200		1 / 14		Junior partner
	Christian Democrats (Kristillisdemokraatit/Kristdemokraterna)	0 / 18	5 / 200		5 / 200		0 / 14		Junior partner
Greenland	Democrats (Demokraatit/Demokraterne)	0 / 2	10 / 31	2025	0 / 179 0 / 2	2022	Not in EU		Opposition
	Solidarity (Atassut)	0 / 2	2 / 31		0 / 179 0 / 2				Confidence and supply
	Cooperation Party (Suleqatigiissitsisut/Samarbejdspartiet)	0 / 2	0 / 31		0 / 179 0 / 2				Opposition
Iceland	Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn)	1 / 7	5 / 63			2024	Not in EU		Opposition
	People's Party (Flokkur Fólksins)	1 / 7	10 / 63						Junior partner
	Viðreisn	1 / 7	11 / 63						Junior partner
	Centre Party (Miðflokkurinn)	0 / 7	8 / 63						Opposition
Norway	Centre Party (Senterpartiet/Guovddášbellodat)	3 / 20	28 / 169			2021	Not in EU		Junior partner
	Liberal Party (Venstre/Gurutbellodat)	1 / 20	8 / 169						Opposition
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti/Risttalaš Álbmotbellodat)	0 / 20	3 / 169						Opposition
Sweden	Centre Party (Centerpartiet)	1 / 20	24 / 349			2022	2 / 20	2024	Opposition
	Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna)	1 / 20	19 / 349				1 / 20		Junior partner
	Liberals (Liberalerna)	1 / 20	16 / 349				1 / 20		Junior partner
	Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna)	1 / 20	18 / 349				3 / 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 Viðreisn are members of the ALDE and Renew Europe; the Christian Democrats of Denmark, Finland and Sweden are members of the European People's Party 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.

Organisation	Institution	Number of seats
European Union	European Parliament	17 / 720 (2%)
	European Commission	1 / 27 (4%)
	European Council (Heads of Government)	0 / 27 (0%)
	Council of the European Union (Participation in Government)	2 / 27 (7%)
	Committee of the Regions
Council of Europe	Parliamentary Assembly

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Other political alliances	Alliance for Peace and Freedom Animal Politics EU Central-Eastern European Green Left Alliance Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 Europe–Democracy–Esperanto European Anti-Capitalist Left European Communist Action European Federalist Party European Pirate Party Free Palestine Party Liberal South East European Network Now the People! Volt Europa
Party groups in the Nordic Council	Centre Group Conservative Group Nordic Freedom Nordic Green Left Alliance The Social Democratic Group (SAMAK)
PACE political groups	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group Unified European Left Group
Former European parties	Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe Alliance for Europe of the Nations Alliance for Peace and Freedom Alliance of European National Movements Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe Coalition pour la vie et la famille European Alliance for Freedom Europeans United for Democracy Libertas.eu Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy
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