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Finland-Swedish

Finland Swedish is a general term for the closely related cluster of dialects of Swedish spoken in Finland by Swedish-speaking Finns as their mother tongue...

: Finlands Folkets Blåvita) was a Finnish

Finland

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 political party with a far-right nationalist

Nationalism

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 agenda, led by the controversial political figure Olavi Mäenpää

Olavi Mäenpää

Olavi Juhani Mäenpää is a Finnish politician and former chairman of Finnish People's Blue-whites , a far right political party...

. It was founded in 1993 as Independent People's Front (Sitoutumaton kansanrintama), and was known as National Front (Kansallinen Rintama) from 1997 until 2001. The SKS became a registered political party in 2002, losing this status in April 2007. In 2010, Mäenpää and his followers joined Freedom Party and the SKS was dissolved.

In the municipal election of 2004, the party received 3.6% of the vote in Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

, with Mäenpää getting more votes than any other candidate in the city. The party subsequently attained two seats in the city council, but the holder of the other seat, vice-chairman Timo Virtanen, was expelled from the party shortly afterwards.

Elections results

Parliamentary elections
Year	MPs	Votes
1995 Finnish parliamentary election, 1995 The 32nd elections to the Finnish parliament were held on March 19, 1995. The previous centre-right cabinet fell, as the Social Democrats made strong gains and achieved the best result of any party after the Second World War...	0	2,075	0.07%
1999 Finnish parliamentary election, 1999 The 1999 Finnish parliamentary election was held on March 21, 1999. Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's Social Democrats remained the largest party of the Eduskunta, despite significant losses...	0	4,853	0.18%
2003 Finnish parliamentary election, 2003 The Finnish parliamentary election of 2003 was the 34th election to the Eduskunta , held on 16 March 2003 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term...	0	4,579	0.16%
2007 Finnish parliamentary election, 2007 The Finnish parliamentary election of 2007 was the 35th election to the Eduskunta , held on 18 March 2007 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Early voting was possible from the 7–13 March. Two hundred MPs were elected from 15 constituencies.Election themes included a reduction...	0	3,913	0.14%
Local elections
Year	Councillors	Votes
2000	3	3,189	0.14%
2004	2	3,173	0.13%
2008	1	2,323	0.09%
European Parliament elections
Year	MEPs	Votes
2004 European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland) The European Parliament election of 2004 in Finland was the election of MEP representing Finland constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13...	0	3,248	0.20%

External links

• Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset - Official site.