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The party was founded in 1976, when the Swedish Centre Party was the largest non-socialist party in Sweden and hold the position of Prime Minister. Åland Centre then created its youth wing, 'Young Centre', in 1976, and a women's organization in 1988. In the 1979 Ålandic legislative election, the party won 42.3% of the popular vote at its first election, becoming the largest party in the Lagting. Subsequently, the party had emerged as the largest party in Åland in majority of the Ålandic elections.[7]
The party lost its longstanding position as the largest party in 2015 Ålandic legislative election. Ever since, it has been positioning itself as the opponent of centralization and municipal reforms, opposing the governmental proposals to reduce the number of municipalities from 16 to 4. The party maintains its dominance in the rural and archipelago municipalities of Åland.[7]
^Hepburn, Eve. "Forging autonomy in a unitary state The Åland Islands in Finland"(PDF). Comparative European Politics. 12 (4–5). University of Edinburgh: 468-487. doi:10.1057/cep.2014.10. Since the 1970s, Åland politics has been dominated by two centrist parties: the Liberals in Åland (Liberalerna på Åland) and the centrist and agrarian-oriented Åland Centre (Åländsk Center), which have tended to lead coalition governments.
