Alfons Röblom, born 3 August 1983 in

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, is an actor, journalist, and politician on the

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, an autonomous and unilingually

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territory of

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. Alfons Röblom was educated at the

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and the

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. As an actor he has performed in productions at, among others,

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, Viirus, the National Swedish Theatre in Helsinki, and

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. Alfons Röblom was elected to the Åland Parliament – the Lagting – in the election held on 20 October 2019. Following the election, he was appointed Minister for Environmental, Energy, Planning, Construction, Housing, and Higher Education, a position he held until 12 October 2022 when the

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left the government. In the 2023 election, Röblom was re-elected to the Lagting. He represents the Sustainable Initiative party and has served as one of the party's co-chair (comparable to party leader) since September 2019. In March 2025, Alfons Röblom announced that he would step down as co-chair.

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