Parliament gets its own name - Mrs President has given birth to at least two sextuplets

The titular figure of the Parliament, Mrs. Speaker, plods on a stone. — Mrs Spokesperson has been a familiar face for supporters since 2015.

It is hoped that the named seal will raise awareness of seals.

The female seal previously known by University of Eastern Finland seal researchers as Phs196 has been renamed.

The idea is the brainchild of the Parliament’s Love Saimaa group, who, when they found a suitable seal, named her Mrs President.

Member of Parliament Hanna Holopainen handed the Parliament's Speaker Matti Vanhanen the picture of the Parliament's title bear in the name of Love Saimaa, the network of friends of the Parliament's Saimaa, in Helsinki on December 19, 2022. — Member of Parliament Hanna Holopainen presented the President of the Parliament Matti Vanhanen with a picture of the Parliament’s eponymous stork in the name of the Parliament’s Friends of Saimaa network Love Saimaa.

According to the researchers, Mrs President has been known since 2015 and all sightings of her have been made within a radius of about seven kilometres of Saimaa’s Haukvede. According to researchers, it has given birth to at least two sextuplets, at least one of which has survived to adulthood.