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Social Democratic Party of Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland
Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue[nb 1]
Finlands socialdemokratiska parti
AbbreviationSDP
LeaderAntti Lindtman
Founded20 July 1899 (1899-07-20)
HeadquartersSaariniemenkatu 6, Helsinki
NewspaperDemokraatti
Student wingSocial Democratic Students
Youth wingDemarinuoret
Women's wingSocial Democratic Women in Finland[1]
Membership (2019)39,450[2]
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[3]
Socialist International[4]
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats[5]
Nordic affiliationSAMAK
The Social Democratic Group
Colours  Red
Parliament
40 / 200
European Parliament
2 / 14
Municipality councils
1,449 / 8,999
County seats
275 / 1,379
Website
sdp.fi

The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, Finnish: Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue [ˈsuo̯men ˈsosiɑ(ː)liˌdemokrɑːtːinen ˈpuo̯lue]; Swedish: Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats (Finnish: Sosiaalidemokraatit; Swedish: Socialdemokrater) and also known in Finnish as Demarit (Swedish: Socialdemokraterna),[6] is a social-democratic political party in Finland.[7] It is currently the largest party in the Parliament of Finland with 40 seats.
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  1. "Member Organisations". Socialist International Women. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. "About the SDP". Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue (in Finnish). 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. "Full list of member parties and organisations". Socialist International. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. Terry, Chris (3 March 2014). "Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)". The Democratic Society. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  6. Icoronato, Katja (June 25, 2019). "Ministerivastuun alla ei voi enää puhua pötyä - Demarit selittelevät tätä fuulausta vielä pitkään". Uusi Suomi (in Finnish). Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  7. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Finland". Parties and Elections in Europe.

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