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16-551: RKP can stand for: Swedish People's Party (Finland) Swedish National Bureau of Investigation , Rikskriminalpolisen , abbreviated RKP RKP (b), Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks) . In Russian, Российская Коммунистическая Партия (большевиков), РКП(б)) Native Polish Church - Polish acronym for the Slavic pagan religious association R. K. Padmanabha , Indian Carnatic music vocalist known by his initials RKP Topics referred to by

32-544: A Swedish-speaking majority. Despite its position as one of the minor political parties in the Finnish parliament, it has frequently been one of the partners forming the governing coalition cabinets . Since 1956, the year when Urho Kekkonen was elected President, the party has been nearly continuously in the government. It has been part of all coalitions with the significant exception of Paasio's first cabinet (1966–68), which included only socialists ( Social Democratic Party (SDP),

48-437: A governmental position from 1979 to 2015 and again since 2019, with one or two seats in government , and has collaborated with both centre-right and centre-left parties in parliament . The fact that both the Finnish centre-right and centre-left have needed the support from the party has meant that they have been able to affect politics of Finland on a larger scale than the party's actual size would suggest. The position of

64-620: A new nuclear power plant was decided in 2002. The SPP's long continuous participation in the Finnish cabinets came to an end in following the 2015 parliamentary election when it was left out of the Sipilä Cabinet . In June 2019, the SPP returned to government with two ministerial positions in the Rinne Cabinet , the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality. Recently,

80-701: A parliamentary elite party based on members in the Diet of Finland , is the historical predecessor of the Swedish People's Party of Finland. It was a part of the Svecoman movement and its main policy was opposition of the Fennoman movement . Unlike Fennomans, who were largely liberal on other matters than the language question, the Svecoman were conservative . Axel Lille and Axel Olof Freudenthal are often considered as some of

96-637: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Swedish People%27s Party (Finland) An ethnic catch-all party, its main election issue since its inception has been the Swedish-speaking Finns' right to their own language while maintaining the official position of the Swedish language in Finland. Ideologically, it is liberal , social-liberal , centrist , and pro-European . The party has been in

112-461: Is often criticized for being a single-issue party that allegedly accepts nearly all other policies as long as its own vital interest, the status of the Swedish language is maintained. However, although Vanhanen's first cabinet made Swedish a voluntary subject in the upper secondary schools' matriculation exam , the SPP remained in the government. In contrast, the Greens left the previous government after

128-546: The Swedish speaking minority, which makes up about 5.5% of Finland's population. During its history, the party has suffered slow but steady decline in adherence, following the decline of the percentage of Swedish-speaking population. In 1907, the party received 12% of national votes; after World War II, it received 7% of the vote; and in the 2011 parliamentary election , it received 4.3% of the votes (and nine MPs). In municipal elections, it holds large majorities in municipalities with

144-460: The SPP has emphasized the liberal part of its programme, attempting to woo voters outside its traditional Swedish-speaking electorate. In 2010, the party added the word Suomen ("of Finland") to its official Finnish name. The Swedish language is one of the two official languages of Finland. The SPP has as its main purpose the protection and strengthening of the position of the Swedish language in Finland . The Swedish People's Party of Finland has

160-612: The Swedish language as one of two official languages in Finland and the Swedish-speaking minority's right to Swedish culture are two of the results of the party's influence in Finnish politics. The party is a member of the Liberal International , the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe , and Renew Europe . The youth organisation of the party is called Svensk Ungdom (Swedish Youth). The Swedish Party (1870–1906),

176-568: The main "founding fathers" of the movement. Most members of the Liberal Party joined the Swedish Party in the 1880s, after the Liberals ceased to exist as a distinct party. The Swedish People's Party of Finland was founded in the 1906 party congress of the Swedish Party, making it one of the oldest parties in Finland. The first leader of Swedish People's Party was Axel Lille . The current leader of

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192-639: The most eclectic profile of any of the political parties in Finland. Its members and supporters chiefly include: Although the SPP represents a small minority of Finland, having Swedish as a mother tongue is not much of a political handicap in and of itself. Several times, Swedish speaking presidential candidates have gathered considerable support, although not necessarily as candidates for the Swedish People's Party of Finland: The SPP supported Finland's accession bid to NATO . National groups: * observer *associate member **observer Axel Lille Axel Johan Lille (28 March 1848, Helsinki – 28 June 1921)

208-560: The party is Anders Adlercreutz . In the Parliament of Finland the representative for Åland is usually included in SPP's parliamentary group, regardless of his/her party affiliation; parties on Åland are separate from those on the mainland, but their common interest in Swedish-language issues gives them much in common with the Swedish People's Party group as regards national politics. The party receives its main electoral support from

224-450: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title RKP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RKP&oldid=1137276859 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Swedish-language text Short description

240-454: The split SDP faction Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders and Finnish People's Democratic League ) and the Centre Party . Short periods of rule by single-party minority governments, Miettunen cabinet (1961–62, Centre) and Paasio's second government (1972, SDP) and of nonpartisan caretaker governments have also interrupted its stay in the government. For this reason, the SPP

256-568: Was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist and politician and the main founder of the Swedish People's Party ( Svenska folkpartiet , SFP) and its leader 1907–1917. Lille was the first who publicly proposed Finnish independence in his speech on April 9, 1902. Lille was member of the Diet of Finland for the Estate of Burghers 1885–1900 and member of Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1917. He founder newspaper Vikingen , refounded Nya Pressen and

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