About Sydkusten
Sydkustens landskapsförbund r.f. (Sydkusten) is an organisation owned by 16 municipalities in the southwest of Finland with Swedish as one of their official languages. The organisation supports its member municipalities in providing high quality services in Swedish in the fields of education and culture.
Sydkusten is engaged in advocacy for the Swedish-speaking population on key issues. Sydkusten works as a project organisation, building and sustaining networks in close cooperation with the municipalities and with other organisations to promote education and cultural activities in Swedish in Finland.
Sydkustens landskapsförbund r.f. was founded on 21 September 1998. Christel Björkstrand is the current director of the organisation.
christel.bjorkstrand@sydkusten.fi
+358 (0)50 351 3038
Statutes in Swedish
Members of Sydkustens landskapsförbund
Organisation
The annual general assembly, which is held in April in one of the member municipalities, is the highest decision-making body of the organisation. Each municipality appoints delegates to the general assembly in accordance with its number of registered Swedish-speaking inhabitants. The meeting follows a statutory agenda with election of a president and board members.
President for the period 2024-2025 is Julia Ståhle.
Board members 2024-2026 (Deputy members)
Maj Björk (Minna Sund-Grönholm)
Eva-Stina Hellbom (Knut-Mikael Hellbom)
Arja Karhuvaara (Michael Berner)
Gunilla Karlsson Weckman (Pia Öhman)
Mikael Sorvanto (Annika Broman)
Seppo Lintuluoto (Kjell Grönqvist)
Heikki Pakarinen (Veera Hellman)
Board members 2025-2027 (Deputy members)
Nina Björkman-Nystén (Malin Lönnroth)
Rosanna Blomster (Markus Blomquist)
Harry Bogomoloff (Maaret Castrén)
Bicca Olin (Pia-Maria Gardberg)
Werner Orre (Ida Flemmich)
Fredrik Waselius (Ulf Dahlman)
Holger Wickström (Larserik Häggman)
Sofia Wredlund (Niklas Rönnberg)