Finland, en del av Norden? En studie om regeringsbildning i Finland

Sammanfattning: This essay discusses the issue of government formation and answers the question why does Finland form surplus governments? The research has been based on the notion that every government-formature should strive to form a minimal-winning government which iscontrasted by the fact that Finland has an unusual tradition of forming surplus governments. The issue in question is considered within the timeframe reaching between the year 1945 until today. A number of theories are presented and discussed, reaching a conclusion as to what has influenced the unusual government formation in Finland compared to the other Nordic countries. The result of this research shows that the finnish government makes it profitable to form a surplus government since it is easier then for the government to implement their political agenda due to constitutional reasons. Other reasons concluded to be contributing factors in the formation of surplus governments in Finland are the lack of a strong Social democratic party and in turn the existence of a strong Central party in finnish politics.