National Democratic Party (Finland)

National Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
Leader	Pekka Siitoin
General Secretary	Olavi Koskela
Vice-Chairman	Jarmo Saloseutu
Founded	1978
Preceded by	Patriotic Popular Front
Headquarters	Krappula, Naantali; Vehmaa; Turku
Newspaper	Rautaristi
Ideology	Neo-Nazism
Political position	Far-right
National affiliation	National Council
International affiliation	World Union of National Socialists

The National Democratic Party (Kansallis-Demokraattinen Puolue) was a neo-Nazi party founded in Finland by Pekka Siitoin in the summer of 1978.^[4]

Background

Siitoin's party Patriotic Popular Front had been banned in 1977, and KDP was founded to continue its work. Siitoin met the future party secretary Olavi Koskela in prison in 1978. Koskela was a Stalinist who was serving his sentence for a string of firebomb attacks, but was radicalized into Nazism under the guidance of Siitoin.^[5]

Activity

KDP ran its own program on the cable-tv Kylä-TV for some time in the 1980s.^[6] In 1996, Siitoin ran for the city council of Naantali with the slogan "Elect Siitoin the Nazi to the council" and was the fifth most popular candidate, but was not elected due to the D'Hondt method as he was running on his own list.^[7]^[8]

Program

KDP was notable for being the first party in Finland to support Universal basic income. KDP opposed capitalism and communism according to its program, supported returning Karelia to Finland and total ban on immigration, except for kindred Finno-Ugric people. KDP also supported fascist corporatism and banning harmful religious organizations, although Siitoin himself was arguably a cult leader, leading multiple groups blending Nazism and satanism.^[9]^[10]

Affiliations

Nils Mandell, leader of the street organization of the Nordic Reich Party collaborated with KDP and introduced him to the World Union of National Socialists, to which KDP was accepted.^[3] KDP also maintained contacts with the KKK Grand Wizard David Duke and J. B. Stoner in the United States and Fédération d'action nationale et européenne in France.^[11]^[12] KDP was also in contact with some terrorist groups like Manfred Roeder's German Action Group responsible for multiple firebomb attacks in Germany that killed Vietnamese refugees and Jan Øregård of Norwegian Front that bombed a mosque and a communist event.^[13]

KDP belonged to the umbrella organization called the National Front (also known as National Council), which was founded in 1993 and was chaired by Väinö Kuisma. The other member organizations were the Aryan Germanic Brotherhood,^[14] the Aryan Union of Blood and the Finnish National Front.

The group also received material from William Luther Pierce's National Alliance and sold a Finnish translation of the Turner Diaries.^[15] KDP also published material from Edward Reed Fields' "Truth at Last", who Siitoin had met in a nazi rally in Diksmuide.^[5]

Headquarters

The party main headquarters were a manor called Krappula in Naantali. Allegedly the swastika flag flown on the property was visible to the presidential residence of Kultaranta.^[9]^[16] KDP also had another manor in Vehmaa and offices in Turku.^[6]

References

^ Häkkinen, Perttu; Iitti, Vesa (2022). Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64411-464-3. p. 201
^ Pohjola 2015, p. 110
^ ^a ^b Karcher, Nicola; Markus, Lundström (2022). Nordic Fascism Fragments Of An Entangled History. Routledge. P. 177. ISBN 9781032040301
^ Häkkinen, Iitti 2022 p.153
^ ^a ^b Nordling, Iiro: Pekka Siitoinista Jussi Halla-ahoon: Antikommunismista ja natsismista maahanmuuttokriittisyyteen. 2014. ISBN 978-1-311699-18-3
^ ^a ^b Walpo 4/19, Tulkoon sinun valtakuntasi, Pekka Siitoin? Turun yliopiston Politiikan tutkimuksen klubi ry.
^ "Uusnatsi vei pommin kirjapainoon ja sytytti talon palamaan Lauttasaaressa 1977: Taustalta paljastui äärioikeistolainen saatananpalvoja, joka oli aikansa omituisimpia hahmoja". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish).
^ Pohjola, Mike (toim.): Mitä Pekka Siitoin tarkoittaa? Savukeidas, 2015. ISBN 978-952-268-155-3, pp. 23
^ ^a ^b Keronen, Jiri: Pekka Siitoin teoriassa ja käytännössä. Helsinki: Kiuas Kustannus, 2020. ISBN 978-952-7197-21-9 p.121, 122
^ Kansallis-demokraattisen Puolueen Periaateohjelma, 1993
^ Keronen (2020) pp.29, 41-42
^ Pohjola (2015), pp. 119
^ Keronen (2020) pp.29, 120
^ Häkkinen, Perttu; Iitti, Vesa (2022). Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64411-464-3. p. 162
^ Kotonen, T. (2017). Äärioikeisto Suomessa kylmän sodan päättyessä : Kansallinen radikaalipuolue ja angloamerikkalaiset vaikutteet. Historiallinen aikakauskirja, 115(3), 317-331.
^ Pohjola, Mike (toim.): Mitä Pekka Siitoin tarkoittaa? Savukeidas, 2015. ISBN 978-952-268-155-3

[1] Häkkinen, Perttu; Iitti, Vesa (2022). Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64411-464-3. p. 201

[2] Pohjola 2015, p. 110

[Karcher,_Nicola_2022_P._177-3] Karcher, Nicola; Markus, Lundström (2022). Nordic Fascism Fragments Of An Entangled History. Routledge. P. 177. ISBN 9781032040301

[4] Häkkinen, Iitti 2022 p.153

[Nordling-5] Nordling, Iiro: Pekka Siitoinista Jussi Halla-ahoon: Antikommunismista ja natsismista maahanmuuttokriittisyyteen. 2014. ISBN 978-1-311699-18-3

[Walpo-6] Walpo 4/19, Tulkoon sinun valtakuntasi, Pekka Siitoin? Turun yliopiston Politiikan tutkimuksen klubi ry.

[7] "Uusnatsi vei pommin kirjapainoon ja sytytti talon palamaan Lauttasaaressa 1977: Taustalta paljastui äärioikeistolainen saatananpalvoja, joka oli aikansa omituisimpia hahmoja". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish).

[8] Pohjola, Mike (toim.): Mitä Pekka Siitoin tarkoittaa? Savukeidas, 2015. ISBN 978-952-268-155-3, pp. 23

[Keronen-9] Keronen, Jiri: Pekka Siitoin teoriassa ja käytännössä. Helsinki: Kiuas Kustannus, 2020. ISBN 978-952-7197-21-9 p.121, 122

[10] Kansallis-demokraattisen Puolueen Periaateohjelma, 1993

[11] Keronen (2020) pp.29, 41-42

[12] Pohjola (2015), pp. 119

[13] Keronen (2020) pp.29, 120

[Häkkinen-14] Häkkinen, Perttu; Iitti, Vesa (2022). Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64411-464-3. p. 162

[15] Kotonen, T. (2017). Äärioikeisto Suomessa kylmän sodan päättyessä : Kansallinen radikaalipuolue ja angloamerikkalaiset vaikutteet. Historiallinen aikakauskirja, 115(3), 317-331.

[16] Pohjola, Mike (toim.): Mitä Pekka Siitoin tarkoittaa? Savukeidas, 2015. ISBN 978-952-268-155-3

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