1930 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 October 1930. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament with 66 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 65.9%.
Image: Kaarlo Harvala 1927
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Image: Paavo Virkkunen
Image: Eemil Linna circa 1925
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is a social democratic and pro-European political party in Finland. It is the third largest party in the Parliament of Finland with 43 seats.
Founded in 1899 as the Workers' Party of Finland, the SDP is Finland's oldest active political party and has a close relationship with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. It is also a member of the Party of European Socialists, Progressive Alliance, Socialist International and SAMAK.
The SDP's party conference in Oulu in 1906.
Sanna Marin, the party's leader from August 2020 to September 2023.
Antti Rinne, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from May 2014 to August 2020