The Organisation of National Socialists (

Finnish 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 ...

: , KSJ) was a Finnish Nazi party operating in 1940–1944. It was founded and led by

Arvi Kalsta Arvi Kalsta (until 1927 Arvid Daniel Grönberg, 14 October 1890 Joensuu – 25 May 1982 Helsinki) Mikko Uola: Kalsta, Arvi (1890 - 1982Kansallisbiografia-verkkojulkaisu (maksullinen) Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. was a Finnish Jaege ...

, and the party was a continuation of Kalsta's earlier party

Finnish People's Organisation The Finnish People's Organisation (Finnish: , SKJ) (Swedish: , FFO) was a bilingual Nazi party founded by Jaeger Captain Arvi Kalsta. Supporters of the movement were also called Kalstaites after the leader. The inaugural meeting of the organization ...

. The party board included , Väinö Kari, and Eino Hanhivaara. Jäger Major Onni Kohonen was also one of the closest associates of Kalsta and active in the party. KSJ's Helsinki district began operations in the winter of 1941. The organization in particular received support in

Sörnäinen Sörnäinen ( sv, Sörnäs; ''Sörkkä'' or ''Sörkka'' in Helsinki slang) is a neighbourhood in the city of Helsinki, Finland. Sörnäinen is located a little more than one kilometre north from the coastal centre of Helsinki, near the district ...

. Local chapters were established in

Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...

, Pori,

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring municipal ...

and

Riihimäki Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to ...

. The party had a weekly newspaper, ''

Kansallissosialisti ''Kanssallissosialisti'' (Finnish: ''The National Socialist'') was a Nazi newspaper published in Helsinki between 1941 and 1944. The paper edited by Yrjö Raikas was initially the organ of the Organisation of National Socialists of Arvi Kalsta. ...

'' (''National Socialist''). In the spring of 1941, KSJ was involved in recruiting Finns to the SS. The party's efforts were led by Väinö Kari. The party was funded by wealthy businessman . KSJ was part of the

Finnish Realm Union The Finnish Realm Union (Suomen Valtakunnan Liitto, SVL) was an organization operating in Finland during the Continuation War, whose task was to bring together pro-Nazi forces under the same umbrella organization and at the same time bring them clo ...

's effort to unite all pro-German groups. KSJ had a paramilitary group modelled after the Sturmabteilung, led by . KSJ had an especially close relationship with the Nazi

People's Community Society The People's Community Society (Samfundet Folkgemenskap, SF) was a Finnish-Swedish Nazi organization from 1940 to 1944, founded at Söderkulla Manor in the autumn of 1940 in Söderkulla, Sipoo, Finland. Admiral Hjalmar von Bonsdorff was elected i ...

that Kalsta viewed as their Swedish-language sister organisation. SKJ was abolished on 23 September 1944, pursuant to Article 21 of the ceasefire agreement between Finland and the Soviet Union that forbade fascist parties, on the same day as the agreement was approved and entered into force.Mikko Uola: "Suomi sitoutuu hajottamaan...": Järjestöjen lakkauttaminen vuoden 1944 välirauhansopimuksen 21. artiklan perusteella, s. 262–271. Helsinki: Suomen Historiallinen Seura, 1999. ISBN 951-710-119-8.

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The party program
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