''Työmies'' (The Worker) was the official organ 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 paper was launched in 1895 and continued until the suppression of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic 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 in 1918, when the German tropps invaded Helsinki during the Finnish Civil War. 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 ''Demokraatti'' is a Finnish language newspaper and Social Democratic Party organ published daily in Helsinki, Finland. History and profile ''Demokraatti'' was established in 1895. Its name in the beginning was ''Työmies'' (The Labourer). The ...

'' (The Democrat).

Editors-in-chief

Aatami Hermanni Karvonen ''Aatami'' ( Finnish: ''Adam'') was a Finnish language men's magazine that was in circulation between 1944 and 1954 and was the first magazine specifically targeted male readers in Finland. The first issue appeared in December 1944. The magazine ...

, 1895–1896 * Matti Kurikka, 1897–1899 *

August Bernhard Mäkelä August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named '' Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

, 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 Finnish-language newspapers Newspapers established in 1895 Publications disestablished in 1918 Socialist newspapers Newspapers published in Helsinki {{Finland-newspaper-stub