Prohibition referendum in Finland in 1931

The Prohibition Referendum in Finland took place on December 29th and December 30th, 1931 .

Prohibition has been in force in Finland since 1919. As in other countries that had prohibition, it was mainly carried by the women's movement.

The vote resulted in a clear rejection of prohibition. Of the women voting, only a third were in favor of maintaining prohibition. As a result of the vote, prohibition was lifted in 1932 and the state-controlled alcohol monopoly Alko was founded. Until today (2014) it has a monopoly on the sale of beverages with an alcohol content of over 4.7%.

Election result

Prohibition referendum in Finland, December 29th and 30th, 1931
suggestion	percent	be right	percent
			Women	Men
For maintaining total ban	28.0	217 169	33.3	23.8
For changing the law and lifting the ban, regulating and taxing the manufacture and trade of lightly alcoholic beverages	1.4	10 947	1.4	1.4
For changing the law and lifting the ban, for regulating, regulating and taxing the manufacture and trade of others and of lightly alcoholic beverages	70.6	546 293	65.3	74.8
total	100		100	100

The turnout was 44.4%.

Web links

• gruene-jugend.de: History of Prohibition in Finland

See also

• Abstinence movement