Social Democratic Party of Finland

The Social Democratic Party of Finland was founded in 1899 at the congress of July 17-20 in Turku . Initially, the party was called the Workers' Party of Finland ( Finnish. Suomen työväenpuolue ), but at the congress on August 17–20 in Forssa it changed its name to the modern one. Then, in 1903, the PSD program was adopted, containing the requirements of universal suffrage for men and women from the age of 21, an 8-hour working day, universal compulsory secondary education, the socialization of the means of production, the improvement of working conditions, the separation of the church from the state.

Under the influence of the 1905 Revolution, a radical left wing was formed in the leadership of the Social Democratic Party, whose main leaders were Yurje Sirola and Otto Kuusinen . Representatives of the left wing repeatedly met with Lenin . For the first time, Väinö Tanner became chairman of the party. In 1907, the Finnish Trade Union Federation was closely associated with the Social Democratic Party.

Since 1907, when it won 80 seats in the parliamentary elections (out of 200), the party takes part in the work of the Finnish parliament and reaches 47.3% of the vote in 1916 - the only case in the history of the country when one party had such a majority. During the civil war of 1918, the left wing and the center sided with the Reds ( Finnish Red Guard ), forming a revolutionary government in Helsinki (the Council of People’s Commissioners, headed by the SDPF chairman Kullervo Manner ), and the right with the Whites ( Finnish Security Corps ).

As a result of the defeat of the revolution, the left wing of the SDP split off from the party and in August 1918 in Moscow was transformed into the Communist Party of Finland (KPF), and the SDPF itself was reorganized with neutral civilian warfare leader Väinö Tanner (as the true political centenarian, he again led the party in 1918-1926 and 1957-1963). In the parliamentary elections of the same year, the Social Democrats won 80 seats.

In 1926, the SDPF first formed a government led by Tanner, which lasted until the end of 1927. In 1930, the party played an important role in reorganizing the trade union movement outlawed by the anti-communist government into the Confederation of Trade Unions of Finland.

In March 1946, the left wing of the Social Democratic Party broke away and formed the Socialist United Party ( Sosialistinen yhtenäisyyspuolue ), which joined the Communist Party in the Democratic Union of the People of Finland , but the CEP broke up in 1955.

In the March 18, 2007 elections, the PSD won 45 out of 200 parliamentary seats. The chairman of the Social Democratic Party from June 2008 to May 2014 is Jutta Urpilainen (born 1975). She became the first woman in the history of the Finnish Social Democrats to lead the party ^[2] . In the parliamentary elections held on April 17, 2011, the PSD won 42 out of two hundred seats. On May 24-26, 2012, the next party congress ^[3] was held in Helsinki, at which Jutta Urpilainen was elected party chairman for a third term ^[4] .

On May 9, 2014, at the party congress, Antti Rinne was elected the new chairman of the Social Democratic Party; 257 deputies cast their votes for him, 243 deputies voted for Urpilainen. Rinne said that under his leadership, “the party will focus on issues of economic growth and employment” ^[5] .

In March 2018, a Yle poll showed that the Social Democratic Party for the first time in a long time topped the rating of popularity of political parties in the country ^[6] .

The SDPF consists of districts, districts of communal organizations.

The supreme body is the party conference (Finnish puoluekokous , SW . Partikongress ), between party conferences - party rule (Fin. Puoluehallitus , SW . Partistyrelse ),

Areas

The districts correspond to the old single-mandate constituencies.

The supreme organ of the district is the district conference ( piirikokous ), between district conferences - the district government ( piirihallitus ).

Utility Organizations

Utility organizations correspond to cities and communes.

The supreme body of a communal organization is the general meeting of the communal organization ( kunnallisjärjestön kokous ), between the general meetings of the communal organization - the board of the communal organization ( kunnallisjärjestön hallitus ).

Related Organizations

• Youth Organization - Social Democratic Youth ( Sosialidemokraattiset Nuoret ),
• The women's organization is Social Democratic Women ( Sosialidemokraattiset Naiset ).

The supreme body of a related organization is the conference of the union ( liittokokous ), between conferences of the union is the board of the union ( liittohallitus ).

• Väinö Tanner - Prime Minister (1926–1927), Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Winter War (1939–1940), Chairman (1918–1926, 1957–1963)
• Karl-August Fagerholm - Prime Minister (1948–1950, 1956–1957 and 1958–1959), Speaker of the Parliament (1945–1948, 1950–1956, 1957–1958, 1958–1961 and 1965–1966)
• Kalevi Sorsa - Prime Minister (1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983 and 1983-1987), Speaker of the Parliament (1989-1990), Chairman (1975-1982)
• Paavo Lipponen - Prime Minister (1995-1999 and 1999-2003), Speaker of the Parliament (2003-2007), Chairman (1993-2005)
• Mauno Koivisto - President (1982-1994)
• Martti Ahtisaari - President (1994-2000)
• Tarja Halonen - President (2000-2012)

Left wing (c 1918 Communist Party of Finland):

• Yurje Sirola , Chairman (1907-1909 and 1917)
• Otto Kuusinen , Chairman (1911-1913)
• Kullervo Manner , speaker of parliament (1917), chairman (1917-1918)

• Social Democratic Party of Finland (Fin.)
• SDPF Charter
• Sample Charter of the District Association
• Model of the charter of the communal association
• Uutispäivä , daily PSD newspaper (fin.)
• Article on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland (inaccessible link)