Kustaa Vaasa (magazine)

Finnish political magazine

Kustaa Vaasa

Type| Magazine
Editor-in-chief| Erkki Räikkönen
Founded| 1939; 86 years ago (1939)
Political alignment| Nazism
Language| Finnish language
Ceased publication| 1943; 82 years ago (1943)
Country| Finland

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Kustaa Vaasa was a political magazine in Finland. Behind the publication of the journal were Gunnar von Hertzen, Erkki Räikkönen and Martti Mustakallio. The journal was in Finnish language and idolized Nazism. The editor-in-chief of the magazine was Erkki Räikkönen throughout its publication. Contributors included Bertel Gripenberg, Matti Jaakkola, Gunnar Lindqvist and Olavi Linnove. The Blue Cross formed around the magazine.[1]

Kustaa Vaasa was named after Gustav Vasa, king of Sweden from 1523 to 1560. Kustaa Vaasa was formed with the intent of unifying all non-socialists in Finland, and had relatively civil tone, compared to aggressive and virulent antisemitism of the Siniristi. Kustaa Vaasa wanted to form a "white front", harkening back to the days of the civil war, when "Whites" worked across party lines to defeat the socialists. However, despite the reconciliatory tone, overtures to the conservatives and strong anti-socialism, Kustaa Vaasa described itself as openly "National Socialist" and maintained active contacts with the German Nazis. Räikkönen also traveled in 1940 to German-occupied Norway where he met Franz Walther Stahlecker, leader of the Sicherheitspolizei and the Sicherheitsdienst.[2][3][4] Kustaa Vaasa also advocated Finnish irredentism, Greater Finland and pan-Finno-Ugrism (Finnish: Heimoaate).[5]

Despite being comparatively restrained when compared to Siniristi and Työrintama that pushed for a "final solution" to the Jewish Question, the magazine still advocated for "purifying the country of jewish merchantilism" and making citizenship dependent on racial-biological statement by "experts". Lindqvist wrote in Kustaa Vaasa how the local Jewish people had pushed England and the United States to side with the Soviet Union: "From behind the satanic, cold and calculated plot steps out the Judas' face of global political Judaism and the jingle of the traitors' bloody silver coins carries over the oceans."[6]

## References

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1. ^ Hanski, Jari: Juutalaisviha Suomessa 1918-1944. Helsingissä: Ajatus kirjat, 2006. ISBN 978-951-207-041-1.
2. ^ Silvennoinen, Oula & Tikka, Marko & Roselius, Aapo: Suomalaiset fasistit : mustan sarastuksen airuet,. Helsinki: WSOY, 2016. ISBN 9789510401323.
3. ^ Uola, Mikko: Unelma kommunistisesta Suomesta 1944–1953, Helsinki: Minerva Kustannus Oy, 2013. ISBN 978-952-492-768-0.
4. ^ Silvennoinen, O. (2024). For freedom and justice? The Vasara circle as a conduit of conspiracist antisemitism in inter-war Finland. Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies, 35(1), 52–70. https://doi.org/10.30752/nj.142241
5. ^ Tuomas Tepora, Sinun puolestas elää ja kuolla. Suomen liput, nationalismi ja veriuhri 1917–1945, WSOY 2011
6. ^ Jari Hanski: Juutalaisvastaisuus suomalaisissa aikakauslehdissä ja kirjallisuudessa 1918—1944,Kirja kerrallaan, Helsinki 2006.

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Far-right politics in Finland

Pre-1945 groups|

* Academic Karelia Society
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* Finnish Realm Union
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* Party of Finnish Labor
* Patriotic Citizens of Viitasaari
* Patriotic People's Movement
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* Rising Finland
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Post-1945 groups|

* Atomwaffen Division Finland
* Blood & Honour Finland
* Blue-and-Black Movement
* Blue and White Front
* Crew 38 Finland
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* Finns Party
* Finnish People First
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Pre-1945 people|

* Reino Ala-Kulju
* Vilho Annala
* Torsten Aminoff
* Hjalmar von Bonsdorff
* Severin Dobrovolsky
* Kai Donner
* Johan Christian Fabritius
* Petter Forsström
* C. A. J. Gadolin
* Herman Gummerus
* Yrjö von Grönhagen
* Bertel Gripenberg
* Reidar Hedman
* Vilho Helanen
* Gunnar von Hertzen
* Carl-Gustaf Herlitz
* Kalevi Heikkinen
* Antti Isotalo
* Y. W. Jalander
* Karl Jansson
* Kustaa Jussila
* Kaarlo Kares
* Y. P. I. Kaila
* Hans Kalm
* Arvi Kalsta
* Rauno Kallia
* Toivo Karanko
* Edvard Karvonen
* Aarne Kauhanen
* Juho Kaveheimo
* Olavi Karpalo
* Yrjö Kivenoja
* Juhani Konkka
* Vihtori Kosola
* Jussi Leino
* Gunnar Lindqvist
* Arvi Malmivaara
* Jussi Muilu
* Iisakki Nikkola
* Vietti Nykänen
* Thorvald Oljemark
* Johannes Öhquist
* Unto Parvilahti
* Martti Pihkala
* Otto Piisinen
* Boris Popper
* Yrjö Raikas
* Niilo Rauvala
* Erkki Räikkönen
* Hilja Riipinen
* John Rosberg
* Yrjö Ruutu
* Yrjö Saarinen
* Antti Salamaa
* Bruno Salmiala
* Kaarlo Salovaara
* Jaakko Seise
* Elias Simojoki
* Teo Snellman
* Arne Somersalo
* Paavo Susitaival
* Paavo Talvela
* Eino Tuomivaara
* Örnulf Tigerstedt
* Jukka Tyrkkö
* Ensio Uoti
* Mauno Vannas
* Kurt Martti Wallenius
* Artturi Vuorimaa

Post-1945 people|

* James Hirvisaari
* Esa Henrik Holappa [fi]
* Juha Korhonen
* Juha Kärkkäinen
* Jouni Lanamäki
* Seppo Lehto
* Junes Lokka
* Olavi Mäenpää
* Pekka Siitoin
* Ano Turtiainen
* Tuukka Kuru

Pre-1945 events|

* Assassination of Heikki Ritavuori
* Murder of Onni Happonen
* Murder of Erik Mättö [fi]
* Murder of Yrjö Holm [fi]
* Mäntsälä rebellion
* Peasant March
* Ståhlberg kidnapping
* Vaasa riot

Post-1945 events|

* 612 march
* Kursiivi printing house arson
* 1986 Oulu airplane hijacking attempt [fi]
* Jyväskylä library stabbing
* 2016 Helsinki Asema-aukio assault
* Assassination attempt of Pekka Kataja [fi]
* Kankaanpää terrorism arrests
* Lahti terrorism arrests [fi]

Other|

* 21 Paths to the Kingdom of Darkness
* Ajan Suunta
* Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS
* Finnlands Lebensraum
* Kansallissosialisti
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* Magneettimedia
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* Siniristi
* Steelfest
* Pro-German resistance movement in Finland (Thoralf Kyrre, Lauri Törni, Arvid Ojasti, Claes Purjo)

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