Communist Party of Finland (1994)

Communist Party of Finland
Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue (Finnish)
Finlands kommunistiska parti (Swedish)
AbbreviationSKP
ChairpersonLiisa Taskinen
General SecretaryTiina Sandberg
Vice chairJiri Mäntysalo
Founded1984 (SKP organizations)
1986 (SKP Unity)
1994 (new SKP)
Registered1997
Split fromCommunist Party of Finland
HeadquartersViljatie 4 B, 00700 Helsinki
NewspaperTiedonantaja
Youth wingCommunist Youth of Finland
Membership (2013)c. 2,000–3,000[1]
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Political positionFar-left
European affiliationParty of the European Left
International affiliationIMCWP[2]
Colors  White
  Red
  Crimson
Eduskunta
0 / 200
European Parliament
0 / 15
Municipalities
0 / 8,859
County seats
0 / 1,379
Website
www.skp.fi/english Edit this at Wikidata

The Communist Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue, abbr. SKP; Swedish: Finlands kommunistiska parti, abbr. FKP) or New Communist Party of Finland (Finnish: Uusi Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue, abbr. USKP; Swedish: Finlands nya kommunistiska parti, abbr. FNKP) is a political party in Finland. It was founded in the mid-1980s as Communist Party of Finland (Unity) (Finnish: Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue (yhtenäisyys), abbr. SKPy; Swedish: Finlands kommunistiska parti (enhet), abbr. FKP(e)) by the former opposition of the old Communist Party of Finland (1918–1992). SKP has never been represented in the Parliament of Finland, but the party has had local councillors in some municipalities, including the city councils of major cities such as Helsinki and Tampere. SKP claims 2,500 members.

The party has been officially registered since 1997. In the 1980s, when the opposition and the organizations it controlled were expelled from the SKP led by Arvo Aalto, the SKPy, however, chose not to register since they considered themselves the real SKP and claimed Aalto had illegally taken control of the party. The courts later ruled all the expulsions illegal.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Facts about CPF Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (SKP 2010)
  2. ^ "20 IMCWP, Participants List". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.