Lapporörelsen - A Rare 1930 Finnish Pamphlet Promoting The Lapua Movement

Full Title: Lapporörelsen : dess uppkomst och utveckling, dess syften och möjligheter : Finlands svenska befolkning och Lapporörelsen

Written by: Nylands och Åbolands svenska Lappoorganisation

Published in 1930 by Bladets Tryckeri, Hanko (Finland).

An extremely rare pamphlet published in Finland by the Swedish-speaking supporters of Finland's fascist/pro-Germany political organisation, The Lapua Movement. The Swedish title translates into English as, "The Lapua movement, its origin and development, its aims and possibilities: Finland's Swedish population and the Lapua movement".

Stapled wrappers, 23 pages.

The Lapua Movement was a brutal Finnish anti-communist organisation which sought to elevate the "White" principles of the earlier civil war, including, Anti-communism. Lutheranism, and Finnish nationalism.

Initially it attracted sympathetic support from prominent members of the establishment but its increasingly violent activities - not least the kidnapping and murder of Social Democrat politician Onni Happonen - could not sustain this and the movement was ultimately outlawed after a failed coup-d'etat attempt in 1932.

An extremely rare item - I can find only a small handful of copies held by university libraries across Northern Europe - and this example is in excellent, clean condition. Sunned at the spine. minor marks to the wrappers, slight creases but otherwise VG condition indeed.