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Communist Party of Finland
Far-left political party in Finland (1918–92) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Communist Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue, SKP; Swedish: Finlands Kommunistiska Parti) was a communist political party in Finland. The SKP was a section of Comintern and illegal in Finland until 1944.
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Communist Party of Finland Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue | |
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Abbreviation | SKP |
Founded | 29 August 1918 (1918-08-29) |
Legalized | 1944 |
Dissolved | 1992 (1992) |
Split from | Social Democratic Party of Finland |
Succeeded by | |
Youth wing | Young Communist League of Finland |
Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism (until 1970s) Eurocommunism (from 1970s) Factions: Taistoism (until 1980s) |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | Finnish People's Democratic League |
International affiliation | Comintern |
Colors | Red |
The SKP was banned by the state from its founding[1] and did not participate in any elections with its own name. Instead, front organisations were used. In the 1920s, the communists took part in the Socialist Workers' Party of Finland (1920–1923) and the Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders (1924–1930). Both of them were also banned. In 1944, a new front, Finnish People's Democratic League was formed. The SKP controlled these fronts but they always had a prominent minority of non-communist socialists.