The Social Democratic Youth ( fi, Sosialidemokraattiset Nuoret, also known as ''Demarinuoret'') is the youth organisation of the

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...

. The organisation has 5,000 members. In the 1970s they had 40,000 members.Markku Henriksson (toim.): Työväenliikkeen tietokirja (Tammi 1974), s. 51. The organisation was founded in 1959 as a breakoff faction from the Social Democratic Youth League of Finland (SSN, founded 1921), which aligned with SDP opposition, the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders. The original name of the league was Central League of Social Democratic Youth (Sosialidemokraattisen Nuorison Keskusliitto, SNK).25 vuotta työläisnuorten puolesta
(www.tyolaisnuortentuki.fi), s. 7. Most of the old SSN members and sections soon joined the SNK. The Social Democratic Youth is a member of

Young European Socialists Young European Socialists (YES), formerly the European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth (ECOSY), is an association of social democratic youth organisations in Europe and the European Union. YES is the youth organisation of the Party ...

(YES), the

International Union of Socialist Youth The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international organization, founded in 1907, whose activities include publications, support of member organizations and the organization of meetings. It was formed as the youth wing of the S ...

(IUSY) and the

Nordic Committee of Co-operating Social Democratic Youth Nordic most commonly refers to: * Nordic countries, written in plural as Nordics, the northwestern European countries, including Scandinavia, Fennoscandia and the North Atlantic * Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in ...

(FNSU). The Social Democratic Youth has 14 district organisations and one

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

section, ''Finlands svenska unga socialdemokrater'' (FSUD). Nationwide members of the league include the youth organisations of

Finnish Metalworkers' Union Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

and

Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors The Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors ( fi, Julkisten ja hyvinvointialojen liitto, JHL) is a trade union representing workers in the public sector and welfare services, in Finland. The union was founded on 22 November 2005, with the ...

. Since 1972, ''Lippu'' (ISSN 0785-5850) has been the organ of the league. It was preceded by ''Kuriiri'' (1971) and ''Nuorin Siivin'' (1958–1970).

References

External links

Official homepage of ''Demarinuoret''
Social Democratic Party of Finland Youth wings of political parties in Finland Youth wings of social democratic parties {{youth-org-stub