Peace opposition

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Peace opposition (Finnish: rauhanoppositio, Swedish: fredsoppositionen) was a Finnish cross-party movement pushing for Finland to step out of the Continuation War (1941 to 1944).^[1] From 1943 to 1944, the "Peace opposition" united bourgeois politicians such as Paasikivi, Kekkonen and Sakari Tuomioja with social democrats, wanted a way to conclude peace with the Soviet Union. The number of MPs belonging to this group was rather small at first, but it gained influence as the military situation worsened. After the signing of armistice, Paasikivi established his cabinet, which included members of the previous opposition group.