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Lapua Movement
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Lapua Movement
What is it?
Conclusion
Why did it happen?
Significant figures
What did it cause
-Support for the right-wing ideology
-In 1932 the Lapua people interrupted a Social Democrat meeting in Mantsala, whihc escalted to an attempted coup d'?tat The rebellion was eneded after President Swinhead gave a speech on the radio to the rebels and they were sentenced to prison under the Protection of the Republic Act
-Worries about the Soviet Union's powers increasing through the Finnish working class.
Even though communism was abolished, many Finnish people supported it.
- The rise of fascism in Germany: This had a direct effect towards Finland. Although the Lapua movement wasn't a fascist movement, it inherited the anti-communism from fascism.
It was named for the parish of Lapua, where a fascist group disrupted a meeting of communists late in 1929.
The great depression was a contributing factor, as Finnish workers and farmers were getting impoverished.
-Lapua movement was a nationalistic and anti-communist movement
-Lead by Iisakki Vihtori Kosola
-Started in 1929
-Dominated by anti-communist nationalists
-During the movement there were many marches and meetings throughout the country
-"Peasant March"
Iisakki Vihtori Kosola
Kurt Martti Wallenius