Left Alliance (Finland)
| Abbreviation | Finnish: Vas Swedish: VF |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Minja Koskela |
| Secretary | Anna Mäkipää |
| Parliamentary group leader | Aino-Kaisa Pekonen |
| First deputy chair | Veronika Honkasalo |
| Chair of the party council | Miikka Kortelainen |
| Founder | Claes Andersson |
| Founded | 29 April 1990 |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | Lintulahdenkatu 10, 00500 Helsinki |
| Newspaper | Kansan Uutiset |
| Think tank | Vasemmistofoorumi |
| Student wing | Vasemmisto-opiskelijat |
| Youth wing | Left Youth (unofficially) |
| Women's wing | Vasemmistonaiset |
| Children's wing | Pinskut |
| Membership (2020) | 11,500 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet Now the People ! |
| European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
| Colours | Pink |
| Eduskunta | 11 / 200 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 15 |
| Municipalities | 536 / 8,586 |
| County seats | 117 / 1,379 |
| Website | |
| vasemmisto.fi | |
The Left Alliance (Finnish: Vasemmistoliitto [ˈʋɑsemːistoˌliːtːo], Vas; Swedish: Vänsterförbundet, VF) is a left-wing political party in Finland.
The Left Alliance was founded in 1990 as the chief successor of the left-wing Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). Although not as electorally successful as the SKDL, it has achieved some success, typically receiving around eight to ten percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. It has participated in five cabinets, most recently in the Marin Cabinet from 2019 to 2023. It is socialist, specifically democratically socialist, and it supports the principles of eco-socialism.
The Left Alliance is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance. The party's newspaper is the monthly Kansan Uutiset. It had two ministerial positions in the Marin cabinet, Li Andersson as Minister of Education and Hanna Sarkkinen as Minister of Social Affairs and Health. It is also a part of the European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet, a pan-European party that supports an alternative to capitalism.