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27.8.2026
Nylander will run in the parliamentary elections in the spring of 2027
State Secretary and Chair of the Porvoo City Council Mikaela Nylander is running in the spring parliamentary elections. Nylander's experience, insight and knowledge from local, regional and national decision-making are needed at a time when the future is filled with concerns.
“When the pressure on the public sector is great, it is important to have decision-makers who can make decisions based on diverse knowledge and broad experience,” says Nylander. When difficult decisions have to be made, it is important to be able to see the essentials and the big picture in societal development.
– The combination of experience and faith in the future provides a good basis for me to enter the election campaign. Getting back the fourth mandate for the SFP in the Uusimaa constituency is one of the most important goals of the election. To succeed in this, I see it as natural that I contribute, states Nylander
– Four mandates are also important to secure regional representation. My long-standing commitment to Eastern Uusimaa and Porvoo inspires me and I look forward to conducting a future-oriented and solution-oriented campaign with the other SFP candidates.
– It is still issues concerning education, training, entrepreneurship, energy in working life and healthcare that are engaging. The Swedish in Finland requires efforts and of the regional issues, the development of the Sköldvik area, securing the construction of Porvoo Hospital and oil spill preparedness are in focus.
Mikaela Nylander was a member of the Riksdag from 2003 to 2019. Nylander first served as State Secretary for Anna-Maja Henriksson and from 2024 for Anders Adlercreutz. Nylander was also Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Cultural Foundation from 2021 to 2026.
24.8.2026
SFP's MPs go on a Coastal Tour – visiting over 20 locations
SFP's MPs are embarking on a Coastal Tour and visiting locations along the entire Finnish coast from 26 to 28 August. Over three days, the MPs will stop at 17 locations to meet residents, listen to and discuss current issues about the future. The MPs will also visit 4 locations during the parliamentary group's summer meeting from 19 to 21 August.
– The coastal tour is about meeting people. We want to listen to the thoughts of citizens, hear which everyday issues require better solutions and discuss how we can together build the most prosperous Finland possible. The best conversations occur where people are – in squares, outside shops or over a cup of coffee, says Otto Andersson, chairman of the Swedish parliamentary group.
During the Coastal Tour, the parliamentary group will visit Vaasa, Korsholm, Nykarleby, Kokkola, Jakobstad, Malax, Närpes, Kristinestad, Pori, Pargas, Turku, Kimitoön, Ekenäs, Karis, Ingå, Kirkkonummi and Espoo.
– We hope that many people will take the opportunity to stop by. Whether you want to ask a question, raise a local issue or just talk for a while, everyone is warmly welcome. Listening and discussing is a very important part of our mission as members of parliament, says Andersson.
As part of the Coastal Tour, SFP's members of parliament will visit Helsinki, Sipoo, Porvoo and Loviisa in connection with the Swedish parliamentary group's summer meeting in Eastern Uusimaa 19-21 August.
The timetable and all stops for the Coastal Tour:
Wednesday 19.8
9:45-10:30 Sipoo, Nickby S-market
Thursday 20.8
9-9.45 am Porvoo Square
4:30-5:30 PM Lovisavikens School
Friday 21.8
1:35-1:55 p.m. Helsinki, Tre Smeder
Wednesday 26.8
12-12:30 Vaasa Square
1-1:30 p.m. Korsholm, K-market in Kvevlax
2:30-3:00 PM Nykarleby, Lillkungs Konditori
16:00-16:30 Kokkola, Market Square
6:15 PM Jakobstad, Pedestrian Street
Thursday 27.8
9-9:30 a.m. Malax, Dad's Daycare
10:30-11 am Närpes Bakery
12:30-13:00 Kristinestad, outside Jungman restaurant
At 14:30-15 Pori, Kauppakeskus Puuvilla
5:30-6:00 PM Pargas, Brankis House
At 19 Turku, AW at restaurant Koulu's terrace
Friday 28.8
9:30-10:00 Kimitoön, K-Supermarket Kompass
11-11:30 a.m. Ekenäs, Town Hall Square
At 13-13:30 Karis, K-Supermarket
2-2:30 PM Ingo, Outside S-Market
At 15-15:30 Kyrkslätt, K-Citymarket
4-5 pm Espoo, AW at Café Mellsten
15.6.2026
SFP in Uusimaa: An important message for Eastern Uusimaa – the welfare area will continue independently
SFP in Uusimaa welcomes the announcement that the Eastern Uusimaa welfare area will continue as an independent welfare area. The decision is a great relief after a long period of uncertainty and a clear recognition of the determined work that has been done to strengthen both the economy and operations.
Over the past year, the Eastern Uusimaa welfare area has been the subject of a government evaluation. On June 11, the evaluation group concluded that the area has the financial and operational conditions required to continue to be responsible for social, health and emergency services on its own.
– We are very relieved by the announcement. This is the result of hard and responsible work from both the civil service organization and the political decision-makers. Despite difficult starting points and economic challenges, Eastern Uusimaa has shown that we can take responsibility and deliver results, says Elin Andersson, member of the Eastern Uusimaa Welfare Area Council and deputy of the SFP on the Uusimaa District Board.
There has been a strong political commitment to getting the economy back on track. The results show that the difficult decisions made in recent years have been necessary and that the work has paid off.
– For SFP in Uusimaa, it is important that we have a stable and economically sustainable welfare area in Eastern Uusimaa. The region has its own needs, its own identity and a strong bilingual profile. The fact that the area is now allowed to continue independently creates stability. There are now opportunities to focus more on service, not just the economy, states SFP in Uusimaa Chairwoman Karin Cederlöf.
SFP is positive that the focus can now gradually shift from acute economic challenges to the development of services.
– Recent years have been characterized by economic adjustment and productivity measures. That work must continue, but today's announcement provides peace of mind and better opportunities to focus on developing services for residents. We can now increasingly focus on content, quality and accessibility in services, while keeping the economy in balance, says Elin Andersson.
At the same time, it is clear that the challenges are not over. The government's bill on how healthcare money should be distributed in Finland will hit Uusimaa's welfare areas hard, including the Eastern Uusimaa welfare area.
– The bill hits Uusimaa particularly hard, where population growth is high and the need for services is increasing. The funding per inhabitant in Uusimaa's welfare areas is already among the lowest in Finland. We must continue to be vocal so that the Uusimaa welfare areas receive enough money for healthcare, concludes Karin Cederlöf.
7.6.2026
Adlercreutz continues to lead the Swedish People's Party - his sights set on the parliamentary elections
The Swedish People's Party's party conference gave Anders Adlercreutz continued confidence as party chairman during the party conference in Vantaa on June 6–7. Adlercreutz has led the SFP since 2024.
– I am grateful for the continued trust in me to lead the SFP – Finland's only people's party. Our task is clear: we are now heading towards the next parliamentary elections with the aim of strengthening our support and giving Finland more of the policies that the country needs. We must accelerate economic growth, because only through growth can we increase employment and manage to guarantee high-quality healthcare for all, says Adlercreutz.
– When the debate intensifies and the contradictions deepen, a party is needed that builds bridges instead of walls, that combines freedom with responsibility and that believes in people, education, entrepreneurship and the open society. That is the policy we stand for, and that is why the SFP is needed more than ever, says Adlercreutz.
According to Adlercreutz, the SFP is entering the election campaign with confidence.
– Our values are not just the values of the SFP. They are values that Finland needs to succeed in uncertain times. We see how polarization is growing around the world, but we refuse to accept that it is the only way forward, says Adlercreutz.
– Now the work towards the parliamentary elections begins in earnest. We are ready to gain stronger confidence in the policies that build a successful and inclusive Finland, says Adlercreutz.
Sandra Bergqvist, Ramieza Mahdi and Cecilia Ehrnrooth were elected vice chairpersons of SFP.
11.5.2026
Blomqvist-Valtonen and Wickström: HUS board wants to increase ambulance resources throughout Nyland
The HUS Corporation Board of Directors has today considered a proposal for a financial framework for 2027. HUS's framework proposal will now be submitted to the welfare districts and the City of Helsinki for consideration. Based on the framework established by the HUS owners, HUS will prepare its final budget for 2027.
SFP has two members on the HUS board, Henrik Wickström from the Western Uusimaa welfare area and Elin Blomqvist-Valtonen who represents the Eastern Uusimaa welfare area.
Negotiations were held between the political groups on the priorities for the upcoming budget year. At the initiative of the Finnish Health and Social Welfare Association, the need to strengthen resources in emergency care was highlighted. In recent years, resources in emergency care have been reduced, which has negatively affected the sense of safety in various parts of Uusimaa. According to the latest audit report by the HUS Audit Board, response times for the most urgent emergency care tasks have also become longer.
– The situation in emergency care has been difficult in the Western Uusimaa and Vantaa-Kervo welfare areas. We hope that the owners will approve a reinforcement of resources, which could help improve the difficult situation in the Hanko-Raseborg area and in Vantaa, says Wickström.
At the initiative of SFP, the association's board also decided to highlight the need to secure access to specialist healthcare in Swedish. A larger investigation and the current resources will be completed in the spring of 2026.
-When the investigation is presented to us on the board in the spring, we will get a comprehensive picture of the access to Swedish-language services throughout HUS. There is a clear political will to improve healthcare in Swedish and for SFP it is extremely important that this will lead to concrete measures. A clear measure would be to increase the language allowance, says Blomqvist-Valtonen
19.3.2026
SFP politician in HUS: Service in Swedish within HUS should be strengthened!
The SFP politicians within HUS, Nora Grotenfelt, Henrik Wickström and Elin Blomqvist-Valtonen, want HUS to invest more in strengthening the Swedish-language service.
The National Language Board's annual report for 2025 shows that HUS still does not live up to linguistic rights. Despite some improvements, the Swedish-language service does not reach the set target level, and the differences between the units are large.
The National Language Committee reviewed the annual report at its meeting today.
The units' average score in the language question remained at 3.45 out of 5, which is below the minimum target of 3.5. Only half of the Swedish-speaking patients feel that they receive service in their own language.
The problems are well known, but the measures are insufficient. The patient's contact language is not recorded consistently, and the level of the language allowance, which is a key policy instrument, has been stagnant for several years, while fewer employees receive it.
The National Language Committee also received information on how the Swedish-language service within maternity services should be strengthened.
– This is not about ambitions, but about rights. Swedish-speaking patients should not receive worse service for their tax money, says Grotenfelt, a member of the National Language Committee.
– At the same time, it is clear that the centralization of healthcare to the capital region has negatively affected access to Swedish-language services. The Western Uusimaa Welfare Area has a national development responsibility for Swedish-language services, and this should also be taken into account within HUS, says Wickström, Member of Parliament and Board member of HUS.
The HUS board must ensure that bilingual service is prioritized. In practice, this could be achieved through an increased language allowance, better management of units that are not meeting targets, a functional mapping of staff language skills, and a sufficiently widespread service network.
“As long as bilingualism does not work in everyday life, HYY is not living up to the law. Concrete responsibility is now needed,” says Blomqvist-Valtonen, a board member of HYY.
29.9.2022
Blomqvist-Valtonen, Nylander and Andersson strongly oppose the HUS management's proposal
"Our regional hospitals should be developed, not dismantled"
The HUS central administration today presented a proposal for cuts in healthcare. The proposal would hit the regional hospitals in Uusimaa hard. Among other things, it is proposed to discontinue emergency services at Porvoo and Lohja hospitals. The hospital in Raseborg is also threatened by reorganization.
According to the chairwoman of the board of the Eastern Uusimaa welfare district Mikaela Nylander (SFP), the chairwoman of the SFP council group Otto Andersson and HUS board member Elin Blomqvist-Valtonen (SFP), the cuts cannot be approved under any circumstances. The SFPs in Eastern Uusimaa strongly oppose HUS's proposal, which would have devastating consequences for both Eastern and Western Uusimaa.
– Porvoo Hospital should continue to have an emergency department in the future and be a hospital that provides services to all age groups. A regional hospital cannot function without an emergency department. We cannot approve a downgrade to being only a day hospital, says Mikaela Nylander.
Andersson, Blomqvist-Valtonen and Nylander emphasize that Porvoo Hospital and the other regional hospitals have a crucial role for the new welfare areas that will begin operations at the turn of 2023.
– Porvoo Hospital should be developed, not dismantled. We, the people of East Nusa Tenggara, deserve a hospital that offers comprehensive healthcare in both national languages, Swedish and Finnish. That is why we in SFP say an absolute no to HUS's proposal, says Otto Andersson.
– The proposals that have now been put forward lack impact assessments and analyses of how they affect patient safety, among other things. I cannot under any circumstances approve cuts that worsen the level of service in our regions. The least we can demand is that each welfare area should have a hospital with emergency services, says Blomqvist-Valtonen
SFP is represented on the board of the new HUS association by Karin Cederlöf from the Western Uusimaa Welfare Area and by Elin Blomqvist-Valtonen from the Eastern Uusimaa Welfare Area. Chairwoman of the board Mikaela Nylander from the Eastern Uusimaa Welfare Area has the right to be present and speak.
21-22.4.2022
Nylander is running in the 2023 parliamentary election
State Secretary Mikaela Nylander will be nominated as a candidate in the 2023 parliamentary election at the SFP in Uusimaa district meeting on Thursday evening.
– In the three years since the 2019 parliamentary election, I have carefully considered various options for future engagement. My decision to run for office in the 2023 parliamentary election has matured slowly but surely. For me, community engagement is still the most meaningful and natural option. Serving as a member of parliament is an extremely important and valuable position of trust, says Mikaela Nylander.
– The knowledge and insight into social issues that I have from different levels of decision-making are needed now that Finnish society is facing major changes and challenges. I want to contribute to future-oriented and human-friendly solutions to our problems. Above all, we need faith in the future and confidence that we will be able to cope, Nylander states.
– We should invest in well-being, mental illness costs us billions annually. Investments in education are the best way to create equal opportunities for everyone. Investments in research and innovation create jobs and enable changes that also take climate requirements into account. We will also need work-related immigration, our welfare depends on access to educated labor, says Nylander.
– The fight for the SFP mandates in Nyland will be tougher than ever this election. It is with great determination and fighting spirit that I am going to win the trust of the voters in Nyland, says Nylander.
Mikaela Nylander has been working as State Secretary to the Minister of Justice Anna-Maja Henriksson since August 2021. In the municipal elections in June 2021 and in the welfare district elections in January 2022, Nylander was the vote magnet of the elections. In the welfare district elections, Nylander also collected the second most votes in the entire country proportionally. Nylander was a member of parliament from 2003 to 2019 and served as chairman of the Swedish parliamentary group from 2011 to 2015.
Sigfrids is running for the 2023 parliamentary election
Swedish Youth Federation Chairwoman Frida Sigfrids is running in the 2023 parliamentary election in Uusimaa. Sigfrids is from Porvoo and was nominated as a candidate at the Swedish People's Party's Uusimaa district meeting on Thursday evening. Sigfrids has previously run in the 2019 parliamentary election. She is a member of the city council of Porvoo and a council member in the Eastern Uusimaa welfare area. Sigfrids wants to work above all to create faith in the future for the younger generation.
– We live in a time of transition where the prospects and faith in the future for the younger generation and future generations are in flux. Therefore, I want to contribute to a faith in the future where future generations will always be taken into account in all decisions made in the Riksdag, regardless of whether they are about the economy, climate or employment. We must be able to do better than we are doing now, says Sigfrids.
Sigfrids has served as the union chairman of Swedish Youth for three years and has also been a member of the party board and participated in the parliamentary group meetings for the past three years. Sigfrids says that Porvoo needs to take back its seat in parliament and that she is ready to take on responsibility.
– Porvoo is the largest city in Finland without its own member of parliament. This is completely unacceptable. Therefore, Porvoo needs a strong voice in parliament that can speak for the region, that takes future generations into account in decision-making and also has solid experience in politics. You will find that in me as a candidate in the parliamentary elections, concludes Sigfrids.
7.2.2022
SFP wants to see a diverse and sustainable Kokon
In the future, Kokon will benefit both everyday exercisers and top athletes. The SFP council group wants to attract external actors, associations and private individuals to finance the project in order to achieve the best and most versatile concept possible.
For the SFP council group, it is important that the city carefully considers the financing of the Cocoon Project from the start. – We want the City of Porvoo to employ a person with overall responsibility for the financing and coordination of the Cocoon Project, says the chairwoman of the council group , Hilding Mattsson . Initially, the SFP is prepared for the city to spend 25-30 million on the Cocoon Project, as is currently budgeted over a five-year period.
Fundraising and external financing
In order to achieve the most functional whole possible that benefits the needs of all exercisers, we from the SFP council group believe that external financing is needed for the Cocoon Project. We propose that the city builds a model where public funds are increased as it succeeds in attracting external financiers. The more external financing, the better the level of service we can get. The fact is that the city cannot offer such high-quality sports halls with tax money alone as has been desired when the sports field and the residents of Borgå have been consulted on the issue.
What will Kokon have in the future?
Before the financing model is complete, the SFP council group does not want to determine everything that will be included in the Cocoon Project, but the group agrees on what will form the basis.
The outdoor areas are a resource and it is important that they provide opportunities for various low-threshold activities. In Kokon, an ice rink is needed to replace the current ones that have served their time both in terms of function and technology. A central arena, i.e. a ball/multi-purpose arena, forms the heart of the project. The council group also wants the current Kokonhallen to be transformed into a low-threshold exercise arena with many different types of activities for our residents, especially with young people in mind.
– In all operational planning, attention should be paid to sustainability aspects. From SFP, we also want to point out that there must not be unhealthy competition with private actors, concludes Mattsson.
Read all our guidelines here: https://www.borgasfp.fi/kokon
Additional information:
Group Chair Hilding Mattsson tel. 040-833 4495
31.1.2022
In the welfare district election, the Swedish People's Party received a very high level of confidence in Eastern Uusimaa. The SFP became the largest party by far with 20 seats out of a total of 59. Mikaela Nylander received the most votes in the election with her personal vote count (1990). The high level of confidence the SFP received means that it is natural for the party to choose the position of chairman of the board, since the position is so central.
“The knowledge of the reform, the insight into the strengths and challenges of the entire region and the network I have throughout the region, combined with the enormous trust I received in the election, makes me interested in and willing to become Chairman of the Board,” says Mikaela Nylander. This means that I will be making some reprioritizations among my positions of trust.
– My strengths will come in handy in 2022 as we build up the welfare area. This is when the foundation is being laid and in this work I can contribute in a constructive and forward-looking way. As chairman of the board, you have a unique opportunity for insight and influence, which I see as very important now as we build up a completely new service organization in 2022, says Nylander.
14.12.2021
On Tuesday 14.12, the Swedish People's Party in Uusimaa submitted a strong candidate list in the Eastern Uusimaa welfare area. The SFP is fielding a full list of 73 candidates in the welfare area. 34 men and 39 women from six different municipalities.
– I am very pleased that we have submitted a diverse candidate list with strong names in Eastern Uusimaa. With this candidate list, we have all the conditions to achieve our goal of becoming the largest party in the Eastern Uusimaa welfare area, says SFP in Uusimaa district chairwoman Hanna Lönnfors.
“Care in Swedish and local services in our municipalities are absolutely central to SFP,” Lönnfors continues. We are also keen to secure the future of Porvoo Hospital – we want our joint East Nusa Tenggara hospital to offer versatile care in both Swedish and Finnish in the future as well,” says Lönnfors.
11.8.2021
The SFP in the Porvoo council group met this evening to constitute itself. Hilding Mattsson, a pedagogue and former director of education, was elected group chair, while new council member Emilia Mattsson was elected vice chair. Hanna Lönnfors was re-elected secretary.
Additional information
Hilding Mattsson tel. 0408334495