Santeri Alkio (Finnicized form of Aleksander Filander; b. June 17, 1862 in Laihia, Finland - d. July 24, 1930 in Laihia) was a Finnish politician, author and journalist. Finnicization is the changing of ones personal names from other languages (usually Swedish) into Finnish. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Laihia (Laihela in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

History

Alkio's parents were Juho and Maria (nee. Jakku) Filander. He married teacher Anna Augusta Falenius in 1896. Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ...

Initially Santeri Alkio was active in the Nuorsuomalainen Puolue (Young Finnish Party), but in the end decided it was too liberal for the farming population; urbanized parties did not, in his estimation, pay enough attention to the causes that were most important to farmers. To keep the agrarian folk from becoming ensnared by socialism, he founded the Etelä-Pohjanmaan Nuorsuomalainen Maalaisliitto, which he later fused into the less ideological Maalaisväestön liittoon (Centre Party of Finland). Alkio became the chief ideologue of the Maalaisliitto, and is still considered the father of the party in spirit. The party still refers to alkioish tendencies in some of its factions. Constitutional-Fennoman Party or Party of Young Finns (in Finnish, Nuorsuomalainen Puolue) was in the last decades of autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland the liberal-minded bourgeoisie party, which opposed Russification efforts. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... The Centre Party (in Finnish: Suomen Keskusta, ) is a centrist political party in Finland. ...

Alkio was a member of the Finnish House of Representatives from 1907 - 1908 and again from 1914 - 1922. He was vice-chairman of the Eduskunnan in 1917 and 1918, and minister of social affairs from 1919 - 1920. He was the minister of social affairs of the Vennola government from (August 15, 1919 - March 15, 1920). An ardent temperance-movement activist, he participated in drafting the Finnish Prohibition and also was the minister responsible for the confirmation of president K. J. Ståhlberg. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... The Eduskunta in Finnish, or the Riksdag in Swedish, is the parliament of Finland. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in leap years). ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The term Prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ...

Alkio was an extremely prolific author. He founded the newspaper Ilkka and was its editor through the years 1906 - 1930. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...

His likeness graced a Finnish stamp on July 17, 1992. July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Alkio's views

Alkio was a fervent spokesman for democracy and Finnish national independence. He led the youth association movement, which above all wanted to defend the values of rural life and foster temperance and healthy living, a desire the movement held in common with the coeval Christian revivalist and labor movements.

As a nationalist, Alkio supported the independent senate of Svinhuvud. During the summer of 1917 he had supported usurping the highest power in the land from Russia via the Power of Government Act (Lex Tulenheimo) while the parties on the right still opposed it. Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Alkio thought the red revolt supported by Russian soldiers was an attempt to return Finland to Soviet Russia: "It [the revolt] is meant to set Finnish independence at nought." ("Sen [kapinan] tarkoituksena on tehdä tyhjäksi Suomen itsenäisyys.")

He was also a pacifist. Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. ...

Bibliography

• Teerelän perhe (1887)
• Puukkojunkkarit - kuvauksia nyrkkivallan ajalta (1894) (full text)
• Murtavia voimia (1896) (full text)
• Jaakko Jaakonpoika (1913) (full text)
• Uusi aika (1914)
• Patriarkka (1916)
• Ihminen ja kansalainen (1919)
• Yhteiskunnallista ja valtiollista (1919)
• Maalaispolitiikkaa I - II (1919, 1921)
• Kootut teokset I - XIII (1919 - 1928)
• Valitut teokset (1953)

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External links

• Works by Santeri Alkio at Project Gutenberg
• Keskusta-party web-page