Vilho Helanen

Vilho Helanen
Vilho Helanen
	Vilho Helanen during the Continuation War
Born	Vilho Veikko Päiviö Helanen; 24 November 1899; Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died	8 June 1952 (aged 52); Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany
Citizenship	Finnish
Education	Ph. D.
Alma mater	University of Helsinki
Occupation	Civil servant
Known for	Political activist, author
Title	Chairman of the Academic Karelia Society
Term	1927-1928; 1934-1935; 1935-1944
Political party	National Progressive Party

Vilho Veikko Päiviö Helanen (24 November 1899 – 8 June 1952) was a Finnish civil servant and politician.

Helanen was born in Oulu, and was a student as the University of Helsinki, where he gained an MA in 1923 and completed his doctorate in 1940.^[1] From 1924 to 1926 he edited the student paper Ylioppilaslehti and around this time joined the Academic Karelia Society.^[1] He served as chairman of the group from 1927 to 1928, from 1934 to 1935 and again from 1935 to 1944, helping to turn the Society against democracy.^[1] Helanen visited Estonia in 1933 and was amazed at the high levels of popular support for the far right that he witnessed there, in contrast to Finland where it was a more marginal force.^[2] As a result, he was involved in the coup attempt of the Vaps Movement in Estonia in 1935.^[1]

Helanen was a major inspiration for the Patriotic People's Movement and a close friend of Elias Simojoki, although he did not join the group and instead became a vocal supporter of Adolf Hitler.^[1] He formed his own group, Rising Finland, in 1940 which, despite his earlier radicalism, became associated with the mainstream National Progressive Party.^[1] Helanen was one of the leaders of the Pro-German resistance movement in Finland.^[3]

Rising to be head of the civil service during the Second World War, Helanen was arrested in 1948 for continuing to collaborate with the Nazis after Finland switched sides. On 6 May 1950, he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to six years in prison.^[4] Helanen was pardoned on 3 March 1951. Following his release, he worked for Suomi-Filmi and also wrote a series of detective novels.^[4] He died of a heart attack in the railway station at Frankfurt am Main, West Germany.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, 1990, p. 176
^ Andres Kasekamp, The Radical Right in Interwar Estonia, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, p. 93
^ Lappalainen, Niilo: Aselevon jälkeen. WSOY, 1997. ISBN 951-0-21813-8. p. 106
^ ^a ^b Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right, p. 177

[Rees-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, 1990, p. 176

[2] Andres Kasekamp, The Radical Right in Interwar Estonia, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, p. 93

[3] Lappalainen, Niilo: Aselevon jälkeen. WSOY, 1997. ISBN 951-0-21813-8. p. 106

[bio-4] Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right, p. 177

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v t e Far-right politics in Finland
Pre-1945 groups	Academic Karelia Society Blue Cross Blue-and-Blacks Finnish Realm Union Finnish-Socialist Workers' Party Finnish National Socialist Labor Organisation Front Soldier League Finnish People's Organisation Finnish Labor Front Labor Organisation of Brothers-in-Arms Lalli Alliance of Finland Lapua Movement Organisation of National Socialists National Socialists of Finland National Socialist Union of Finland National Trade Union Confederation of Finland NSDAP/AO Finnland Party of Finnish Labor Patriotic Citizens of Viitasaari Patriotic People's Movement Patriotic People's Party People's Community Society Rising Finland Stormers Vientirauha
Post-1945 groups	Atomwaffen Division Finland Blue-and-Black Movement Blue and White Front Finns Party Finnish People First Finnish People's Blue-Whites For Independence Freedom Alliance Kohti Vapautta! Nordic Resistance Movement Patriotic People's Movement Power Belongs to the People Suomen Sisu Soldiers of Odin Truth Party (Finland)
Pre-1945 people	Reino Ala-Kulju Vilho Annala Torsten Aminoff Hjalmar von Bonsdorff Severin Dobrovolsky Kai Donner Johan Christian Fabritius Petter Forsström C. A. J. Gadolin Herman Gummerus Yrjö von Grönhagen Bertel Gripenberg Reidar Hedman Vilho Helanen Gunnar von Hertzen Carl-Gustaf Herlitz Antti Isotalo Y. W. Jalander Karl Jansson Kustaa Jussila Kaarlo Kares Hans Kalm Arvi Kalsta Toivo Karanko Aarne Kauhanen Olavi Karpalo Yrjö Kivenoja Juhani Konkka Vihtori Kosola Jussi Leino Gunnar Lindqvist Arvi Malmivaara Jussi Muilu Iisakki Nikkola Vietti Nykänen Thorvald Oljemark Johannes Öhquist Unto Parvilahti Martti Pihkala Otto Piisinen Boris Popper Niilo Rauvala Erkki Räikkönen Hilja Riipinen John Rosberg Yrjö Ruutu Yrjö Saarinen Antti Salamaa Bruno Salmiala Kaarlo Salovaara Jaakko Seise Elias Simojoki Teo Snellman Arne Somersalo Paavo Susitaival Paavo Talvela Eino Tuomivaara Örnulf Tigerstedt Jukka Tyrkkö Ensio Uoti Mauno Vannas Kurt Martti Wallenius Artturi Vuorimaa
Post-1945 people	James Hirvisaari Esa Henrik Holappa [fi] Juha Kärkkäinen [fi] Jouni Lanamäki [fi] Seppo Lehto Junes Lokka [fi] Olavi Mäenpää Pekka Siitoin Ano Turtiainen
Pre-1945 events	Assassination of Heikki Ritavuori Murder of Onni Happonen Murder of Erik Mättö [fi] Murder of Yrjö Holm [fi] Mäntsälä rebellion Peasant March Ståhlberg kidnapping Vaasa riot
Post-1945 events	Kursiivi printing house arson 1986 Oulu airplane hijacking attempt [fi] Jyväskylä library stabbing Helsinki Central Railway Station assault [fi] Assassination attempt of Pekka Kataja [fi] Kankaanpää terrorism arrests
Other	Ajan Suunta Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS Kansallissosialisti Magneettimedia MV-media Siniristi Pro-German resistance movement in Finland (Thoralf Kyrre, Lauri Törni, Arvid Ojasti, Claes Purjo)

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