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Mikael Holmberg
Mikael ”Igge” Holmberg (196627 July 2020) was an Åland, Ålandic politician and member of the Parliament of Åland, the regional legislature of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland. A Åland Social Democrats, social democrat, he was a member of the legislature from November 2011 to October 2019. Holmberg was born in 1966 in Mariehamn. He held various jobs including sign language interpreter and an assistant for schoolchildren with problems. He was elected to the municipal council in Mariehamn in 2007 and served as the Social Democrats group leader on the council. A tumour was discovered in one of Holmberg's kidneys in April 2019. The tumour was removed but the cancer had spread. He died on 27 July 2020 aged 54. References 1966 births 2020 deaths Åland Social Democrats politicians Deaths from cancer in Finland Finnish city councillors Members of the Parliament of Åland People from Mariehamn {{Finland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Åland
The Lagting, or ''Lagtinget'', is the parliament of Åland, an autonomous, demilitarised and unilingually Swedish-speaking territory of Finland. The Lagting has 30 seats, which makes for approximately one seat per 700 voters in 2022. Legislative work is carried out in three standing committees: * Committee on Legal Affairs and Culture * Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs * Committee on Social Affairs and the Local Environment Electoral system The 30 members of the Parliament of Åland are elected every four years by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The age limit for voting rights is 18 years, in addition to which Åland's right to vote in the home region is a prerequisite for the stand for election. Latest election 1979–2019 Election table See also *Government of Åland *List of speakers of the Parliament of Åland *Municipalities of Åland *Politics of Åland *Parliament of Finland *Government of Finland * Åland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidneys
The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blood exits into the paired renal veins. Each kidney is attached to a ureter, a tube that carries excreted urine to the bladder. The kidney participates in the control of the volume of various body fluids, fluid osmolality, acid–base balance, various electrolyte concentrations, and removal of toxins. Filtration occurs in the glomerulus: one-fifth of the blood volume that enters the kidneys is filtered. Examples of substances reabsorbed are solute-free water, sodium, bicarbonate, glucose, and amino acids. Examples of substances secreted are hydrogen, ammonium, potassium and uric acid. The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidney. Each adult human kidney contains around 1 million nephrons, while a mouse kidney contains only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish City Councillors
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
