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Encyclopedia > Christian Democrats (Finland)
Christian Democrats
Name in Finnish Kristillisdemokraatit
Name in Swedish Kristdemokraterna
Leader Päivi Räsänen
Founded 1958
Headquarters Karjalankatu 2 C 7 krs.
FIN - 00520 HELSINKI
Political Ideology Christian Democrat, Conservatism
European Affiliation none
International Affiliation none
Colours Blue, Orange
2006 Presidential Candidate Bjarne Kallis
Website http://www.kristillisdemokraatit.fi
See also Finnish Politics

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The Christian Democrats (Kristillisdemokraatit or Kristdemokraterna) is a political party in Finland. The party was founded in 1958, chiefly of the Christian faction of the Conservative National Coalition Party. Finland has a primarily parliamentary system, although the president also has some notable powers. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... The National Coalition Party (Kansallinen Kokoomus or Samlingspartiet) is a political party in Finland. ...


The name was initially Finnish Christian League (Suomen Kristillinen Liitto or Finlands Kristliga Förbund). The name was changed to make it more modern and more European.


The Christian Democrats have a tendency of forming alliances with other parties during elections and their success in elections is mainly determined by their success in these alliances. Their own voter base is stable and loyal, totaling around 4 to 5 per cent of votes. They have been cought cheating in the polls many times. Christian Democracy is a political ideology, born at the end of the 19th century, largely as a result of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, in which the Vatican recognizes workers misery and agrees that something should be done about it, in reaction to the rise of...


See also

Kristillisdemokraattiset Nuoret ry. ...

External links

  • Christian Democrats - Official site

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Finland (2299 words)
The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, and has land frontiers with Sweden, Norway and Russia and a maritime border with Estonia.
Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden is traditionally connected with the year 1154 and the alleged introduction of Christianity by Sweden's King Erik.
The climate in Southern Finland is a northern temperate climate.
Finland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (2295 words)
It borders on the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden in the west, on Norway in the north, on Russia in the east, and on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the south.
Lutheranism was established in Finland, and in 1581 the country was raised to the rank of grand duchy.
Finland was active in the League of Nations, which it joined in 1920, and it was the only European country to continue to honor its World War I debts to the United States after the advent of the economic depression at the start of the 1930s.
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