Karjalan Liitto is an interest group for Karelian evacuees.

The association was established by Karelian local governments

Finnish Karelia

Karelia is a historical province of Finland. It refers to the Western Karelia that during the second millennium has been under western dominance, religiously and politically. Western, i.e. Finnish Karelia is separate from Eastern, i.e...

, parishes and provincial organizations on 20 April 1940 immediately after Winter War

Winter War

The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet offensive on 30 November 1939 – three months after the start of World War II and the Soviet invasion of Poland – and ended on 13 March 1940 with the Moscow Peace Treaty...

. The first chief aim was to attend to the interests of Karelians who had lost their homes.

Today, the association mainly aim to maintain Karelian culture.

The peaceful return of Karelia

Karelian question in Finnish politics

The Karelian question or Karelian issue is a dispute of Finnish politics over whether or not to try to regain sovereignty over the Finnish Karelia and other territories ceded to the Soviet Union in the Winter War and the Continuation War...

has always been one object of the association.