Political violence in Finland (1918–1932)
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Finland saw significant political violence from the end of the Finnish Civil War until the Mäntsälä rebellion. The Red Guerrilla Battalion of the North under the Communist Party of Finland, would fight Finnish border guards during the Pork Mutiny.[4] Minister Heikki Ritavuori would be shot dead at the door to his home in Helsinki in February 1922.[5] In 1923, many members of the Socialist Workers' Party of Finland would be arrested.[6] There would be some clashes between Finnish police and the Young Communist League of Finland during protests.[7] The Lapua Movement would find support from the National Coalition Party and the right wing of the Agrarian League.[8] The Lapua Movement would have a show of power during the Vaasa riot and Peasant March.[9] Onni Happonen, a social-democrat, would be arrested and then turned over to a fascist mob and would be killed.[10] The Lapua movement would be banned after the Mäntsälä rebellion.[1]
(13 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
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Events and incidents
- Pork mutiny (1922)
- White Guard Affair (1921)
- Assassination of Heikki Ritavuori (1922)
- Vaasa riot (1930)
- Peasant March (1930)
- Killing of Onni Happonen (1930)
- Ståhlberg kidnapping (1930)
- Mäntsälä rebellion (1932)