Finnish People's Blue-whites

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Finnish People's Blue-whites




Name in Finnish	Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset
Name in Swedish	Finlands Folkets Blåvita
Leader	Olavi Mäenpää

Founded	1993
Headquarters	Lumikonkatu 2 B 59 FI-20240 TURKU

Political Ideology	Nationalism
Political Position	Far right
European Affiliation	none
International Affiliation	none
Colours	Blue and White

Website	www.kolumbus.fi/sinivalkoiset

See also	Finnish Politics Finnish Parliament Finnish Government Finnish President Political parties Elections

The Finnish People's Blue-whites (Finnish: Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset; Swedish: Finlands Folkets Blåvita) is a Finnish political party with a far-right nationalist agenda, led by the controvesial political figure Olavi Mäenpää. The party was founded in 1993, but it didn't become a registered political party until 2002. It currently has one representative in the city council of Turku, held by chairman Mäenpää.

In the municipal election of 2004, the party received 3.6% of the vote in Turku, with Mäenpää getting more votes than any other candidate in the city. The party subsequently attained two seats in the city council, but the holder of the other seat, vice-chairman Timo Virtanen, was expelled from the party shortly afterwards.