People's Temperance League (in Finnish: ''Kansan Raittiusliitto'', KRL), is a temperance

organization An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences) is an legal entity, entity—such as ...

formerly linked to the

Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League (, SKDL; , DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. It was founded in 1944 as the anti-communist laws in Finland were repealed due ...

(SKDL). In the 1970s KRL was taken over by the orthodox pro-

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-wing of the Communist Party of Finland. Thus SKDL and SKP launched a new temperance organization, the

People's Democratic Temperance League People's Democratic Temperance League () was a temperance organization linked to the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). KDRL was founded in the 1970s as the previous temperance movement attached to SKDL, the People's Temperance League ...

(''Kansandemokraattinen raittiusliitto''). The KRL was founded in 1948 as Center of People's Temperance Work (''Kansan Raittiustyön Keskus'', KaRaKe). The name was changed in 1956.Emmi Pakkala
"Raittius-rauha-ystävyys": Kansandemokraattinen raittiuskasvatus Sammon takojissa 1955-1974
(Työväentutkimus 2004)

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Finnish People's Democratic League Temperance organizations Political organisations based in Finland 1948 establishments in Finland Temperance movement in Finland Organizations established in 1948 {{Europe-org-stub

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