Ajan Suunta

Ajan Suunta (Direction of Time)
Cover of the newspaper, 30 June 1939: "Strike now for the Fatherland!"
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Editor-in-chiefArne Somersalo (1932–1935)
Rauno Kallia (1935–1939)
Niilo Vapaavuori (1940–1944)
Founded1932 (1932)
Political alignmentPatriotic People's Movement
LanguageFinnish language
Ceased publication4 October 1944 (1944-10-04)
CountryFinland
Circulation+30,000

Ajan Suunta (Direction of Time) was the newspaper of the Finnish Patriotic People's Movement (IKL) that ran from 1932 to 1944. IKL published thirty newspapers and magazines, but the daily newspaper Ajan Suunta was the main organ of the party.[1] Ajan Suunta was preceded by the newspaper Ajan Sana (Word of Time) published from 1930 to 1932.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hanski was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Aarni Virtanen: "Toimikaa, älkää odottako" – Vihtori Kosolan puheiden muutokset 1929–1936, s. 45. Jyväskylä studies in humanities 271. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Jyväskylä 2015.