Socialist Labor Party of Finland

The Socialist Workers' Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Sosialistinen Työvänenpuolue (SSTP); Swedish: Finlands Socialistiska Arbetarparti ) was a party in Finland that existed from 1920 until its dissolution in 1923.

The party was founded on June 13, 1920 in the Helsinki Workers' House. She took part in the parliamentary elections in 1922 , in which she received 14.8% of the vote and 27 members, including six women, in parliament.

In 1923, after constant repression, the party changed the party name to Workers' Party of Finland in order to at least move away from socialism outwardly. In August 1923, the members of the SSTP were arrested and the party was forcibly dissolved. Supporters of the party then supported the emerging socialist workers 'and peasants' election organization .

Party leader

• August Raatikainen (February 17 - May 14, 1920)
• Jaakko Kivi (June 16 to December 28, 1920)
• Hjalmar Eklund (December 28, 1920 to January 26, 1922)
• Niilo Wälläri (January 31, 1922 to March 31, 1922)
• Niilo Wälläri (April 1, 1922 to May 17, 1923)
• Toivo Hjalmar Långström (May 17, 1923 to August 3, 1923)

Web links

• SSTP program (Finnish) ( Memento of March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )