''Kansan Lehti'' (Finnish: ''People’s Newspaper'') was a

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published in

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from 1898 until 1991. The first issue of the paper appeared in December 1898. In the early period it was a handwritten publication and had a socialist political stance. During this period it came out six times per week and sold nearly 10,000 copies. Over time the paper became affiliated with the

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. One of its financial managers was

Vihtori Kosonen Vihtori Kosonen (1873–1934) was a Finnish journalist, publisher, and free-thinker.Kujala, Antti: ”Suomi vallankumouksen punaisena selustana”, s. 131–133 teoksessa ''Lenin ja Suomi – osa I''. Opetusministeriö ja Valtion painatuskeskus, ...

who began to serve in the post in 1906.

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