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{{Short description|Finnish organization that promotes Karelian culture and history}}
'''Karjalan Liitto''' (in [[English language|English]]: ''Karelian Association'') is an interest group for [[Karelian evacuees]].
{{Infobox organization
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| name = Karjalan Liitto
| formation = {{start date and age|1940|04|20|df=y}}
| native name = Karelian Association
| native_name_lang = EN
| purpose = [[Cultural institution]] <br>[[Advocacy group]]
| headquarters = [[Helsinki]]
| location_country = [[Finland]]
| origins = Local government of [[Karelia (historical province of Finland)|Finnish Karelia]]
| membership = 20,000
| membership_year = 2022
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Martti Talja
| board_of_directors = Federal Council
| website = https://www.karjalanliitto.fi/
}}


'''Karjalan Liitto''' (in [[English language|English]]: ''Karelian Association'') is a [[Finland|Finnish]] organisation that promotes [[Karelia|Karelian]] culture and history. It also functions as an interest group for [[Evacuation of Finnish Karelia|Karelian evacuees]]. As of 2023, the organization consists of 14 districts in [[Finland]], cooperating with other Karelian movements and organisations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jäsenyhteisöt - Karjalan Liitto |url=https://www.karjalanliitto.fi/karjalan-liitto/jasenyhteisot.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.karjalanliitto.fi |language=fi}}</ref>
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The association was established by [[Finnish Karelia|Karelian local governments]], parishes and provincial organizations on [[20th April]] [[1940]] immediately after [[Winter War]]. The first chief aim was to attend to the interests of Karelians who had lost their homes.


== History ==
Today, the association mainly aim to maintain Karelian culture.
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The association was established by [[Finnish Karelia|Karelian local governments]], parishes and provincial organizations on 20 April 1940, immediately after the [[Winter War]]. The chief aim was to attend to the interests of Karelians who had lost their homes.


By the 1960s, the organization started to focus on preservation of the [[Karelia (historical province of Finland)#Culture|Karelian culture]], by that point most of the economic and social problems faced by resettled Karelians were addressed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karjalan Liiton historia - Karjalan Liitto |url=https://www.karjalanliitto.fi/karjalan-liitto/karjalan-liiton-historia.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.karjalanliitto.fi |language=fi}}</ref>
[[Karelian question in Finnish politics|Returning of Karelia]] has always been one object of the association.


The Karelian Association has close ties to the [[Finnish Government|Finnish government]] and the [[European Union]].
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The organization had an official [[magazine]] Karjala Lehti, which stopped being published in September 2022, but there are plans to restart printing in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lehden historiaa - Karjalan Liitto |url=https://www.karjalanliitto.fi/karjala-lehti/lehden-historiaa.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.karjalanliitto.fi |language=fi}}</ref>
==External link==
*[http://www.karjalanliitto.fi Karelian Association homepage]


In 2023, Karjalan Liitto was contacted by a [[Karelian National Movement|Karelian nationalist organisation]], which wanted to cooperate with the movement in order to [[Karelian question|return Karelia back to Finland]]. The movement refused the offer, seeing it as a Russian [[Information warfare|information attack]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=Karjalan Liitto epäilee Suomeen kohdistuvaa informaatiovaikuttamista – "Huonolla suomen kielellä viestejä Karjalan itsenäistymisestä…" |url=https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000009309756.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>
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[[Category:Finnish associations]]


== Goals ==
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[[File:Karjalaisten suurjuhlat 1960 (JOKAMT2Ku48-2).tif|thumb|Karelians' big celebrations at the [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]] in 1960]]
* Preservation of Karelian culture
* Displaying Karelian culture
* Cross border cooperation ([[International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|frozen]])
* Promotion of [[Karelianism]]
* Cooperation with other Karelian organizations

Some members of Karjalan Liito supported a peaceful return of Karelia, but as of 2023, the movement is against border changes with [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title="Нужны не земли, а люди". Может ли Карелия отделиться от России? |url=https://www.severreal.org/a/mozhet-li-kareliya-otdelitsya-ot-rossii-/32235862.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Север.Реалии |language=ru}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:History of Karelia]]
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Latest revision as of 12:01, 1 August 2024

Karjalan Liitto
Karelian Association
Formation20 April 1940; 84 years ago (1940-04-20)
PurposeCultural institution
Advocacy group
HeadquartersHelsinki
Location
OriginsLocal government of Finnish Karelia
Membership (2022)
20,000
Chairman
Martti Talja
Federal Council
Websitehttps://www.karjalanliitto.fi/

Karjalan Liitto (in English: Karelian Association) is a Finnish organisation that promotes Karelian culture and history. It also functions as an interest group for Karelian evacuees. As of 2023, the organization consists of 14 districts in Finland, cooperating with other Karelian movements and organisations.[1]

History

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The association was established by Karelian local governments, parishes and provincial organizations on 20 April 1940, immediately after the Winter War. The chief aim was to attend to the interests of Karelians who had lost their homes.

By the 1960s, the organization started to focus on preservation of the Karelian culture, by that point most of the economic and social problems faced by resettled Karelians were addressed.[2]

The Karelian Association has close ties to the Finnish government and the European Union.

The organization had an official magazine Karjala Lehti, which stopped being published in September 2022, but there are plans to restart printing in 2023.[3]

In 2023, Karjalan Liitto was contacted by a Karelian nationalist organisation, which wanted to cooperate with the movement in order to return Karelia back to Finland. The movement refused the offer, seeing it as a Russian information attack.[4]

Goals

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Karelians' big celebrations at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in 1960
  • Preservation of Karelian culture
  • Displaying Karelian culture
  • Cross border cooperation (frozen)
  • Promotion of Karelianism
  • Cooperation with other Karelian organizations

Some members of Karjalan Liito supported a peaceful return of Karelia, but as of 2023, the movement is against border changes with Russia.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Jäsenyhteisöt - Karjalan Liitto". www.karjalanliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  2. ^ "Karjalan Liiton historia - Karjalan Liitto". www.karjalanliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  3. ^ "Lehden historiaa - Karjalan Liitto". www.karjalanliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  4. ^ "Karjalan Liitto epäilee Suomeen kohdistuvaa informaatiovaikuttamista – "Huonolla suomen kielellä viestejä Karjalan itsenäistymisestä…"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  5. ^ ""Нужны не земли, а люди". Может ли Карелия отделиться от России?". Север.Реалии (in Russian). 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
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