Political violence in Finland (1918–1932)

Political violence in Finland (1918–1932)
Part of the interwar period

Lapua movement machine guns
Date15 May 1918 — 6 March 1932
(13 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Finland
Result

Finnish government victory

  • Lapua movement rebellion suppressed
  • Lapua movement is banned[2]
  • Many communists arrested[3]
Belligerents

 Finland

Far-right

Far-left

Finland saw significant political violence from the end of the Finnish civil war until the Mäntsälä rebellion. The Red Guerrilla Battalion of the North under the Communist Party of Finland, would fight Finnish border guards during the Pork mutiny.[4] Minister Heikki Ritavuori would be shot dead at the door to his home in Helsinki in February 1922.[5] In 1923, many members of the Socialist Workers' Party of Finland would be arrested.[6] There would be some clashes between Finnish police and the Young Communist League of Finland during protests.[7] The Lapua Movement would find support from the National Coalition Party and the right-wing of the Agrarian League.[8] The Lapua Movement would have a show of power during the Vaasa riot and Peasant March.[9] Onni Happonen, a social-democratic would be arrested and then turned over to a facist mob and would be killed.[10] The Lapua movement would be banned after the Mäntsälä rebellion.[2]

Events and incidents

See also

References

  1. ^ Ulla, Aatsinki (2008). Tukkiliikkeestä kommunismiin: Lapin työväenliikkeen radikalisoituminen ennen ja jälkeen 1918 [From log movement to communism: The radicalization of the labor movement in Lapland before and after 1918] (in Finnish). University of Tampere. ISBN 978-9514475740.
  2. ^ a b "THE MÄNTSÄLÄ REBELLION". jalkavakimuseo.fi. 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ Kallio, Kyösti (7 June 2000). "Kallio, Kyösti (1873–1940)". kansallisbiografia.fi.
  4. ^ Niinistö 2005, s. 232.
  5. ^ "Ministeri Heikki Ritavuori murhattu". Tuleva Suomi (in Finnish). No. 1–2. Edistysseurojen Kustannus. 1922. p. 3. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Kallio, Kyösti (7 June 2000). "Kallio, Kyösti (1873–1940)". kansallisbiografia.fi.
  7. ^ Parkkari, Nestori. Nuoret taistelun tiellä. Suomen vallankumouksellinen nuorisoliike 1900–1944. Helsinki: Kansankulttuuri, 1970. p. 138.
  8. ^ Mühlberger, Detlef (1987). The Social Basis of European Fascist Movements. Routledge. ISBN 0709935854.
  9. ^ Vares, Vesa & Uola, Mikko & Majander, Mikko: Kansanvalta koetuksella. Sarjassa Suomen eduskunta 100 vuotta, Osa 3. Helsinki: Edita, 2006. ISBN 9513745430.
  10. ^ "Onni Happonen – a Man to Die for Democracy" (PDF). Ahmo School. Lessons for Future. 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2020.