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Blue and White Front
Sinivalkoinen Rintama
Founded4 April 2009
Dissolved2015
IdeologyUltranationalism
National conservatism
Right-wing populism[1]
Political positionFar-right
European affiliationAlliance of European National Movements
ColoursBlue and white    
Website
www.vapauspuolue.fi

The Blue and White Front (Finnish: Sinivalkoinen Rintama) (formerly Freedom Party – Finland's Future) (Finnish: Vapauspuolue – Suomen tulevaisuus) was an ultranationalist political party in Finland which was founded in 2009 and dissolved in 2015.[2]

It was dissolved in 2015 after it had no elected MPs in two consecutive parliamentary elections.[2]

History

The VP was founded on 4 April 2009.[3] In September 2010, leader of the Finnish People's Blue-Whites in the Turku county council, Olavi Mäenpää, joined the VP, and became the party's first city councillor.[4] In November, Turku city councillor Maarit Rostedt of the National Coalition Party also defected to the VP,[5] as well as former True Finns city councillor Kalevi Satopää in Salo.[6] The party changed its name to the Finns Party in 2013.

The party contested its first election in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election.[3]

Policies

The party called for a ban on the construction of mosques and minarets, removal of beggars from the streets and the reduction of foreign aid.[1] It also opposed nuclear power and the mandatory teaching of Swedish.[1]

Election results

Parliamentary elections

Election Votes % Seats +/– Position
2011 4,285 0.1
0 / 200
 0 Increase 12

References

  1. ^ a b c "Maahanmuuttokriittinen Vapauspuolue puoluerekisteriin". YLE (in Finnish). 20 November 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Kuusi puoluetta poistettiin puoluerekisteristä". Valtioneuvosto. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  3. ^ a b "Vapauspuolueen historia lyhyesti" (in Finnish). Freedom Party. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Mäenpää vaihtaa Vapauspuolueeseen". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Turun valtuutettu Maarit Rostedt loikkasi Vapauspuolueeseen". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Satopää vapauspuolueeseen". Salon Seudun Sanomat (in Finnish). 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  • "Official website". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_and_White_Front