Runar Karlsson
Encyclopedia
Runar Karlsson is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish
territory of Finland
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On Åland he is well-known for his proposals for more roundabouts, hence his nickname "Roundabout-Runnar".
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
territory of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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On Åland he is well-known for his proposals for more roundabouts, hence his nickname "Roundabout-Runnar".
Government posts
- Minister of Communications 2005-2009
- Member of the Lagting (Åland parliament) 2003-
- Minister of Transportation and Energy 1999-2003