An advisory referendum on joining the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

was held in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

on 16 October 1994. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 56.9% of voters approved of the proposal, with a voter turnout of 70.8%.Nohlen & Stöver, p613 Due to having its own customs jurisdiction, a separate referendum was held in

Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a populat ...

a month later, and was also approved.Åland-Inseln (Finnland), 20. November 1994: Beitritt zur EU
Direct Democracy

Party policies

Results

By province

A separate referendum was also held in the Åland Islands as it was a separate customs jurisdiction.

References

External links

Doria.fi – Finland's EU referendum 1994 by Statistics Finland (PDF)
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1994 in Finland

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...