Jan Sundberg
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Jan Sundberg is a professor of the department of the political science in the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...

. He has published many studies concerning the party system of Finland both in English and Swedish languages. He has also given interviews to Hufvudstadsbladet
Hufvudstadsbladet
Hufvudstadsbladet is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters are located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "The Capital City Newspaper", hufvudstad being 19th century Swedish for capital...

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Mass media

Sundberg opposes the idea of merging bigger municipalities and cut the amount of the municipalities from 336 to near 100 municipalities as Jyrki Katainen
Jyrki Katainen
Jyrki Tapani Katainen is the Prime Minister of Finland and chairman of the country's largest party, the National Coalition Party.-Career:...

had suggested. This would, according to Sundberg, threaten democracy, which is learnt in the best way in the municipal offices.

He became famous in the mass media in 2011 as he compared the idea of removing the compulsory Swedish or Finnish language teaching in the primary and secondary schools of Finland national socialistic.

Sundberg has also served as an election specialist for the forien ministry press department

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