Patriotic People's Movement (Finland)

Patriotic People's Movement Isänmaallinen kansanliike
President (s)	Vihtori Kosola (1932–36) Vilho Annala (1937–1944)
Founded	1932 (1932)
Banned	1944
Preceded by	Lapua Movement
Headquarters	Lapua
Newspaper	Ajan Suunta
Youth wing	Sinimustat
Ideology	Finnish nationalism Greater Finland Clerical fascism Anti-Sovietism
Political position	Far-right
Religion	Lutheranism
International affiliation	None
Colours	Black, white, blue
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Patriotic People's Movement, (Finnish: Isänmaallinen kansanliike, IKL, Swedish: Fosterländska folkrörelsen) was a Finnish nationalist and anti-communist political party. IKL was the successor of the previously banned Lapuan liike. It existed from 1932 to 1944 and had an ideology similar to its predecessor, except that IKL participated in elections — with limited success.

The IKL was founded at a conference on 5 June 1932 as a continuation of the Lapua Movement. The three major founding members were Herman Gummerus, Vilho Annala and Erkki Räikkönen. Lapua leader Vihtori Kosola was imprisoned for his part in the Mäntsälä rebellion at the time of formation but the leadership was officially kept in reserve for him and other leading rebels, notably Annala and Bruno Salmiala, were involved in the formation of IKL.

Ideologically, IKL was ardently nationalist and anti-Communist, and endorsed an aggressive foreign policy against the Soviet Union and hostility towards the Swedish language. The creation of a Greater Finland was an important goal for the party. Many of its leaders were priests or participants of the mainly Ostrobothnian Pietist movement called Herännäisyys. Its manifested purpose was to be the Christian-moral conscience of the parliament. A more hard-line tendency was also active, centred on Bruno Salmiala.

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