Runar Karlsson (born 3 June 1953) is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland.[1]

On Åland he is well known for his proposals for more roundabouts, hence his nickname "Roundabout-Runar".[2]

Government posts

  • Minister of Communications 2005-2009
  • Member of the Lagting (Åland parliament) 2003-
  • Minister of Transportation and Energy 1999-2003[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Åland representative in Nordic Council removed for verbal attacks on Finland". Helsingin Sanomat. May 11, 2004. Archived from the original on 7 Jun 2012.
  2. ↑ "Runar är pappa till sex rondeller". Nya Åland. 29 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "WINDBLATT Interview with Åland's Minister of Energy Runar Karlsson" (PDF). WINDBLATT. No. 05/2003. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 Jan 2007.


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