Table 1
Number of MPs and MEPs by political party
| Party | MPs 2015–2018 | MPs 2019– | MEPs 2014–2018 | MEPs 2019– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Party | 48 | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| National coalition Party | 38 | 38 | 3 | 3 |
| Social Democratic Party | 35 | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| Blue Reform Party | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finns Party | 17 | 39 | 2 | 2 |
| Green League | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| Left Alliance | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Swedish People's Party | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Democrats | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Movement Now | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seven Star Movement | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[i] Source: Eduskunta, 2019, 2020; Oikeusministeriö, 2014, 2019
Table 2
Social media posts mentioning “Ilmastolakko” or “#nytonpakko”, 1 January–31 December 2019
| Source | Posts |
|---|---|
| 78,887 | |
| 3,471 | |
| Internet forums | 2,629 |
| 2,006 | |
| News comments | 532 |
| Blogs | 531 |
| YouTube | 19 |
| Google+ | 1 |
| Total | 88,076 |
Figure 1
Network analysis of MPs’ tweet mentions of “ilmastolakko” or “#nytonpakko”, 2019
Comments: MPs are presented as colour-coded triangles: darker green = Green League; pink = Left Alliance; light green = Centre Party; red = Social Democrats; light blue = National Coalition Party; yellow = Finns Party. The mentioned users are orange squares if they are activists and coloured circles corresponding to the colours assigned to MP parties if they are politicians not serving as MPs or grey circles if they are private individuals. Black circles represent hashtags.
Table 3
MP tweets mentioning “elections” and “ilmastolakk” or “#nytonpakko” before Finnish parliamentary elections
| Party | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Green League | 134 | 38.4 |
| Left Alliance | 38 | 33.9 |
| Social Democratic Party | 8 | 20.5. |
| Centre Party | 9 | 25.0 |
| National coalition Party | 13 | 46.4 |
| Swedish people's Party | 4 | 30.8 |
| Finns Party | 1 | 16.7 |
| Total | 207 | 35.4 |
Table 4
Number of climate protests in Helsinki, 2019
| Climate protests | Large-scale climate protests | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 0 |
| February | 1 | 0 |
| March | 4 | 2 |
| April | 9 | 3 |
| May | 20 | 2 |
| June | 2 | 0 |
| July | 4 | 1 |
| August | 0 | 0 |
| September | 5 | 1 |
| October | 2 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 50 | 9 |
Table 5
MP tweets mentioning “ilmastolakko” or “#nytonpakko” before and after elections, 2019
| Party | Number of tweets before elections | Monthly average of tweets before elections | Number of tweets after elections | Monthly average of tweets after elections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green League | 349 | 99.7 | 141 | 16.6 |
| Left Alliance | 112 | 32.0 | 37 | 4.4 |
| Social Democratic Party | 39 | 11.1 | 11 | 1.3 |
| Centre Party | 36 | 10.3 | 35 | 4.1 |
| National Coalition Party | 28 | 8.0 | 55 | 6.5 |
| Swedish People's Party | 13 | 3.7 | 5 | 0.6 |
| Finns Party | 6 | 1.7 | 16 | 1.9 |
| Total | 584 | 166.9 | 303 | 35.6 |
Figure 2
Support for prioritising protecting the environment over economic growth and loss of jobs
Comments: Graph shows agreement or disagreement with the following statement: “Protecting the environment should be given priority, even if it causes slower economic growth and some loss of jobs”.
Source: Savolainen et al., 2020
Figure 3
Support for the government prioritising what climate scientists say over public opinion
Comments: Graph shows agreement or disagreement with the following statement: “The governments should act on what climate scientists say even if the majority of people are opposed”.
Source: Savolainen et al., 2020