Patriotic People's Party

Patriotic People's Party

*Isänmaallinen Kansanpuolue*
Patriotic People's Party Isänmaallinen Kansanpuolue
Leader
Secretary	[fi]
Founded	1932
Ideology	Nazism
Political position	Far-right
	Politics of Finland; Political parties; Elections;

The Patriotic People's Party (Finnish: Isänmaallinen Kansanpuolue, IKP) was a Finnish Nazi party in the early 1930s, led by mason .^[1]

The IKP was preceded by the Congress of the National Workers' Party, formed in the autumn of 1931. IKP was founded on 16 March 1932. Hedborg, the chairman of the Free Workers' Union, was elected chairman of the party and [fi] was elected party secretary. IKP was the first of the many National Socialist parties founded in Finland.^[2]

The IKP party program was published on December 3, 1932 at a meeting in Helsinki. The authors of the program were greatly influenced by the programs of the German Nazis and Italian fascists.^[3] The IKP, for example, supported strong leadership and wanted to end parliamentarism. Instead, the party supported the elected head of state having strong executive powers. The party wanted to protect the Finnish race, and it called for the immigration and entry of "Jews and other destructive foreigners" to be prevented. IKP also supported a corporatist economic model. The party used a flag decorated with a swastika as its symbol. The party published its own newspaper.^[4]

The former Freemason, author Örnulf Tigerstedt, became a member of the party, but at the same time it was stressed that he could not rise to a leading position in it.^[5]

According to the rules of the IKP, the party consisted of central, district and local organizations. IKP also had a women's organization and a youth organization led by Jaakko Somersalo. According to Somersalo, Benito Mussolini was a good role model for Finnish youth as well.

Sources[]

Talonen, Jouko (1993). Esikoislestadiolaisuus ja suomalainen yhteiskunta 1900-1944. Helsinki: Suomen Kirkkohistoriallinen Seura. ISBN 951-9021-93-0.

References[]

^ Ekberg, Henrik (1991). Führerns trogna följeslagare: Den finländska nazismen 1932–1944. Helsingfors: Schildts. pp. 48–51. ISBN 951-50-0522-1.
^ Talonen 1993, s. 113.
^ "Isänmaallisen Kansanpuolueen ohjelma". Pohtiva.
^ Ahtokari, Reijo (2000). Salat ja valat: vapaamuurarit suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa ja julkisuudessa 1756-1996. Helsingfors: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. p. 157.
^ Göran O:son Waltå: Poet under Black Banners. The Case of Örnulf Tigerstedt and Extreme Right-Wing Swedish Literature in Finland 1918–1944. Uppsala Universitetet 1993

External links[]

The party program (in Finnish)

[ekberg-1] Ekberg, Henrik (1991). Führerns trogna följeslagare: Den finländska nazismen 1932–1944. Helsingfors: Schildts. pp. 48–51. ISBN 951-50-0522-1.

[2] Talonen 1993, s. 113.

[3] "Isänmaallisen Kansanpuolueen ohjelma". Pohtiva.

[4] Ahtokari, Reijo (2000). Salat ja valat: vapaamuurarit suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa ja julkisuudessa 1756-1996. Helsingfors: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. p. 157.

[Banner-5] Göran O:son Waltå: Poet under Black Banners. The Case of Örnulf Tigerstedt and Extreme Right-Wing Swedish Literature in Finland 1918–1944. Uppsala Universitetet 1993

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Pre-1945 groups	Academic Karelia Society Blue Cross Blue-and-Blacks Export Peace Finnish Realm Union Finnish-Socialist Workers' Party Finnish National Socialist Labor Organisation Front Soldier League National Socialists of Finland Finnish People's Organisation Finnish Labor Front Labor Organisation of Brothers-in-Arms Lalli Alliance of Finland Lapua Movement Organisation of National Socialists National Socialist Union of Finland National Trade Union Confederation of Finland NSDAP/AO Party of Finnish Labor Patriotic Citizens of Viitasaari Patriotic People's Movement Patriotic People's Party People's Community Society Rising Finland Stormers
Post-1945 groups	Atomwaffen Division Finland Blue-and-Black Movement Blue and White Front Finns Party Finnish People First Finnish People's Blue-Whites For Independence Kohti Vapautta! Nordic Resistance Movement Patriotic People's Movement Power Belongs to the People Suomen Sisu Soldiers of Odin
Pre-1945 people	Reino Ala-Kulju Vilho Annala Hjalmar von Bonsdorff Severin Dobrovolsky Kai Donner Johan Christian Fabritius Petter Forsström C. A. J. Gadolin Herman Gummerus Reidar Hedman Vilho Helanen Gunnar von Hertzen Antti Isotalo Kustaa Jussila Kaarlo Kares Hans Kalm Arvi Kalsta Toivo Karanko Yrjö Kivenoja Juhani Konkka Vihtori Kosola Jussi Leino Gunnar Lindqvist Arvi Malmivaara Jussi Muilu Iisakki Nikkola Vietti Nykänen Thorvald Oljemark Martti Pihkala Otto Piisinen Boris Popper Niilo Rauvala Erkki Räikkönen Hilja Riipinen Yrjö Ruutu Yrjö Saarinen Antti Salamaa Bruno Salmiala Kaarlo Salovaara Jaakko Seise Elias Simojoki Teo Snellman Arne Somersalo Paavo Susitaival Eino Tuomivaara Örnulf Tigerstedt Ensio Uoti Mauno Vannas Kurt Martti Wallenius
Post-1945 people	James Hirvisaari [fi] [fi] Seppo Lehto Olavi Mäenpää Pekka Siitoin Ano Turtiainen
Pre-1945 events	Assassination of Heikki Ritavuori Murder of Onni Happonen [fi] [fi] Mäntsälä rebellion Peasant March Ståhlberg kidnapping Vaasa riot
Post-1945 events	Kursiivi printing house arson [fi] Jyväskylä library stabbing [fi] [fi]
Other	Ajan Suunta Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS Kansallissosialisti Magneettimedia Pro-German resistance movement in Finland (Thoralf Kyrre, Lauri Törni)