''Työmies'' (The Worker) was the official organ of the

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland ( , SDP, nicknamed: ''demarit'' in Finnish; , SD) is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third-largest party in the Parliament of Finland with a total of 43 seats. Founded in 1899 as ...

. The paper was launched in 1895 and continued until the suppression of the

Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (FSWR), more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a self-proclaimed socialist state in Finland during the Finnish Civil War from January to May 1918. The FSWR was established by the Finnish People's ...

in 1918.

History

''Työmies'' was established by the Helsinki Workers' Association in 1895. The paper's first editor was Adam Hermann Karvonen, an elementary school teacher. The paper was terminated after the

Battle of Helsinki The Battle of Helsinki was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought on 12–13 April by the German Empire, German troops and White Guard (Finland), Finnish Whites against the Red Guards (Finland), Finnish Reds in Helsinki, Finland. Together wit ...

in 1918, when the German tropps invaded Helsinki during the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...

. The paper was succeeded as the official organ of the

by the ''Suomen Sosialidemokraatti'' (Finnish Social-Democrat), later known as ''Demari'' (The Socialist) and ''Uutispäivä Demari'' (Socialist News). Since 2012 the paper has assumed the name '' Demokraatti'' (The Democrat).

Editors-in-chief

* Aatami Hermanni Karvonen, 1895–1896 * Matti Kurikka, 1897–1899 * August Bernhard Mäkelä, 1900–1901 * Edvard Valpas-Hänninen, 1901–1918

References

External links

''Työmies'' (1895–1910)
Finnish National Library Digitization and Conservation Centre. —Set of pdf issues. 1895 establishments in Finland 1918 disestablishments in Finland Defunct newspapers published in Finland Defunct Finnish-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1895 Publications disestablished in 1918 Socialist newspapers Newspapers published in Helsinki {{Finland-newspaper-stub