Stakeholders of (De-)
Radicalisation in Finland
D3.1 Country Report
April 2021
Laura Horsmanheimo, Roosa-Maria Kylli, Kanerva
Kuokkanen & Emilia Palonen – University of
Helsinki
Horizon 2020
De-Radicalisation in Europe and
Beyond: Detect, Resolve, Re-integrate
959198
© Laura Horsmanheimo, Roosa-Maria Kylli, Kanerva Kuokkanen & Emilia Palonen
Reference: D.RAD D3.1
This research was conducted under the Horizon 2020 project ‘De-Radicalisation in
Europe and Beyond: Detect, Resolve, Re-integrate’ (959198).
The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the author. The European Union is not
responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at:
[email protected]
This document is available for download at https://dradproject.com
Table of contents
List of abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 4
Acknowledgements.............................................................................................................. 6
About the project ................................................................................................................. 7
Executive summary/Abstract ............................................................................................... 8
1.
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 10
2. Contextual background .................................................................................................. 11
3. Structures of radicalisation............................................................................................. 13
3.1. Political violence in Finland................................................................................................ 13
3.2. The perception of the Finnish political elite of the cases of radicalisation.......................... 15
3.3. The perception of the violent threat by the general public................................................. 17
4. Agents and channels of radicalisation ............................................................................ 17
4.1. The collective agents accountable for the most incidents of violent attacks in Finland ..... 18
Far right ...................................................................................................................................................... 18
Radical Islamism ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Others ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
4.2. The state agencies contributing to radicalisation ................................................................ 21
5. Stakeholders and channels of de-radicalisation ............................................................. 22
6. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 25
Appendices ......................................................................................................................... 28
Appendix 1. Main (de)-radicalisation events in Finland since 2001 .......................................... 28
Appendix 2. Political discourse about radicalisation in Finland ................................................ 30
Appendix 3. Networks of connection of the main agents of radicalisation in Finland .............. 34
Appendix 4. Main de-radicalisation programmes in Finland ..................................................... 35
References and sources ...................................................................................................... 38
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List of abbreviations
CSO
Civil Society Organisation
EU
European Union
EUROPOL
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement
Cooperation
FAIR
Fighting Against Inmates’ Radicalisation (Project)
FP
Finns Party (Perussuomalaiset)
GDP
Gross domestic product
HEUNI
The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control,
affiliated with the United Nations
HMA
Helsinki Metropolitan Area
ISIL
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
MoI
Ministry of the Interior (Sisäministeriö)
MoJ
The Ministry of Justice (Oikeusministeriö)
MP
Member of Parliament
NCP
National Coalition Party (Kokoomus)
NRM
Nordic Resistance Movement (Pohjoismainen
vastarintaliike)
SOO
Soldiers of Odin
SDP
Social Democratic Party (Sosialidemokraattinen puolue)
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REDI©
Model for supporting resilience, democracy and dialogue
against violent radicalisation and extremism in educational
institutions
SUPO
Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Suojelupoliisi)
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
WP
Work package
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the affiliated doctoral researcher Emilia Lounela from the
University of Helsinki and Research Coordinator Tommi Kotonen from the University
of Jyväskylä for their useful comments on the draft version of this report. We would
also like to thank Claire Gilray for proofreading.
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About the project
D.Rad is a comparative study of radicalisation and polarisation in Europe and beyond.
It aims to identify the actors, networks, and wider social contexts driving radicalisation,
particularly among young people in urban and peri-urban areas. D.Rad conceptualises
this through the I-GAP spectrum (injustice-grievance-alienation-polarisation) with the
goal of moving towards measurable evaluations of de-radicalisation programmes. Our
intention is to identify the building blocks of radicalisation, which include a sense of
being victimised; a sense of being thwarted or lacking agency in established legal and
political structures; and coming under the influence of “us vs them” identity
formulations.
D.Rad benefits from an exceptional breadth of backgrounds. The project spans
national contexts including the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Finland,
Slovenia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Georgia, Austria, and
several minority nationalisms. It bridges academic disciplines ranging from political
science and cultural studies to social psychology and artificial intelligence.
Dissemination methods include D.Rad labs, D.Rad hubs, policy papers, academic
workshops, visual outputs and digital galleries. As such, D.Rad establishes a rigorous
foundation to test practical interventions geared to prevention, inclusion and deradicalisation.
With the possibility of capturing the trajectories of seventeen nations and several
minority nations, the project will provide a unique evidence base for the comparative
analysis of law and policy as nation states adapt to new security challenges. The
process of mapping these varieties and their link to national contexts will be crucial in
uncovering strengths and weaknesses in existing interventions. Furthermore, D.Rad
accounts for the problem that processes of radicalisation often occur in circumstances
that escape the control and scrutiny of traditional national frameworks of justice. The
participation of AI professionals in modelling, analysing and devising solutions to
online radicalisation will be central to the project’s aims.
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Executive summary/Abstract
This report presents the Finnish situation regarding terrorism, radicalisation and deradicalisation during past 20 years. Based on a desk study, the report’s sources
include scientific literature, publications of the Ministry of the Interior (MoI), Finnish
Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO) and other public authorities, nationally
relevant news media, and party programmes. By outlining the Finnish context and
structures concerning radicalisation, the report shows that terrorism has been rare in
the 21st century in Finland, but threat for both far-right and radical-Islamist violent
extremism is elevated. The country has no extensive de-radicalisation programmes
but relies on cross-sectoral collaboration including public authorities and civil society
organisations, often on project funding.
In 2017, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO) lifted the terrorist threat
rating to level two of a four-level scale in 2017, and in March 2021 it noted a growing
threat of far-right terrorism and increased international connections of radical Islamist
operators in Finland (SUPO 2017, 2021). Indeed, our report presents signs of
polarisation in terms of appeal to extremist ideas and ideology in Finnish society, and
maps actors and channels of radicalisation as well as stakeholders and channels of
de-radicalisation.
The two main threats identified by SUPO—far right and radical Islamism—are
introduced more specifically. All radical actors are rather marginal in Finnish society,
and the minor actors are only briefly discussed in this report. There has been a
relatively low amount of serious violence from the far right, especially when compared
to violent material online. Far right and anti-immigration mobilisation blossomed in
2015-16, as many organisations and movements emerged, some of which have a
more structured ideology (e.g., neo-Nazism or counter-jihad), but others generally
positioned themselves against Islam, immigration, multiculturalism, the EU, the
political elite or globalism (Sallamaa 2018, p. 5). Violent behaviour led to the first killing
in a demonstration action in circa 70 years in one of the main squares of the capital
city, Helsinki. Significant other events include school attacks that had some ideological
motivation, and a radical Islamist terrorist attack in the former capital city Turku in 2017
that shook the country. Radical Islamist activity consists for the most part of non-violent
action such as recruitment or financing, but travel to the conflict zone and back has
been increasing (Malkki & Saarinen 2019, p. 11). The report seeks to identify networks
of radicalisation that are mostly loosely organised in Finland, but for the far right also
have connections to one of the country’s main political parties.
Among the Finnish political elite, consensual politics condemns violence and seeks to
prevent it, even though extremism has not been at the centre of the political agenda
and has been largely ignored in party manifestos and campaigning. While the Finnish
political elite opposes violence, in the Finns Party (FP) there are some connections
between parliamentary actors and far-right groups. FP caused a populist landslide in
the Finnish political scene in 2011 and has been among the most popular parties ever
since, with members of the far-right Suomen Sisu elected to parliament in 2015 under
FP colours. In 2017 the party split under its new anti-immigration radical right-wing
leadership, and the more traditional populist wing established a new party, which
remained in government with each of the party’s ministers (Palonen 2018). The
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relationship between the parliamentary party and the far right is nevertheless complex
and unstable.
The report shows that the common view in Finland is that the services of the welfare
state play a key role in ‘implicit’ de-radicalisation policies. The focus of Finnish ’explicit’
de-radicalisation policies is on prevention and multi-professional cooperation between
different public authorities and civil society. A significant part of the Finnish deradicalisation policies has concentrated on youth and different generations in
penitentiary institutions. The CSOs play a central role in de-radicalisation, which
strengthens interaction with the grassroots level but simultaneously poses problems
in terms of continuity, as their funding is mostly based on fixed-term projects. We
conclude that while ‘implicit de-radicalisation’ in terms of welfare services that prevent
exclusion have a solid position in Finland, ‘explicit de-radicalisation programmes’ have
not yet reached an established form in the social system but are mainly project-based.
The report highlights multi-sectoral co-operation and the need to develop deradicalisation work and programmes and shortly assesses future developments.
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1. Introduction
The goal of the report is to delineate the main radicalisation agents and de-radicalisation
stakeholders in Finland as part of the Work Package Mapping Stakeholders and Situations of
Radicalisation of the D.Rad project. By radicalisation, we mean a process involving the
increasing rejection of established law, order, and politics and the active pursuit of alternatives,
in the form of politically driven violence or justification of violence (i.e. radicalisation here refers
to violent forms of radicalisation). By de-radicalisation we mean processes countering such
rejection at individual (micro), organisational (meso), or societal (macro) levels resulting in a
shift from violent to nonviolent strategies and tactics.
In the report, the prefixes used for the different strands on the spectrum of radical right (e.g.,
radical, far, extra-parliamentary, extreme) mainly follow those used in the original sources. We
use the concept of radical Islamism rather than jihadism in cases where we do not directly
refer to existing research using the concept of jihadism, as it is the most established one in
official Finnish discourse. This is partly due to the role of the Finnish Security and Intelligence
Service (SUPO) in mainstreaming it in a more specific meaning of “a form of Islamism based
on Salafi-Jihadist ideology aiming to create, by using violence, an Islamic society governed by
sharia law” (SUPO; see also Saarinen & Malkki 2019).
According to the Finnish Ministry of the Interior (MoI) and the Finnish Security and Intelligence
Service SUPO, the biggest violent threat in Finland is related to individual actors whose
motives are linked to violent extremism of the far right and radical Islamism (MoI, 2019a; 2020;
SUPO 2021). However, violent radicalisation has been marginal in comparison to some other
European countries. Radical Islamist activity is still small and is for the most part seen via nonviolent action such as recruitment or financing (Malkki & Saarinen 2019, p. 11). The only
legally effective judgement where a person has been sentenced for a terrorist crime was the
radical Islamist attack that happened in Turku in 2017. The far-right organisations grew their
support especially in 2015 during the refugee crisis, but the support has since then reduced
to the background. Still, the far right is considered the biggest threat to security in everyday
lives (SUPO 2021). At the time of writing, a court case was taking place considering politically
motivated violence against a functionary of the Finns Party (FP) from the extreme right within
the party that has populist roots but also connections to the far right (YLE, 2021a).
The report is structured as follows: first we will introduce the contextual background in Finland,
then structures of radicalisation. Then we will move to actors and channels of radicalisation,
as well as stakeholders and channels of de-radicalisation. Finally, we will give our conclusions
to the report. The study is based on desk research, where we included mainly scientific
literature, publications of the MoI and SUPO and other public authorities, Finnish news media
sources, and party programmes. Drawing on cultural policy research, we introduce concepts
of implicit and explicit de-radicalisation policy (Ahern 2009; Palonen 2010) as useful in the
Finnish context.
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2. Contextual background
Politically and ideologically based violence has been rare in 21st century in Finland (Sallamaa,
2018). The history of political violence began with the murder of Nikolai Bobrikov, the Russian
Governor-General of Finland, in 1904. Violent polarisation of the society was deep in first half
of 20th century, particularly during the 1918 civil war between the ‘Reds’ and ‘Whites’ (Tepora
& Roselius, 2014) and the extreme-right Lapua Movement in 1929–1932 (Koskelainen &
Hjelm, 2016). The spectrum of radical movements contained both radical left (see e.g., Jalava
2016), right (see e.g., Sallamaa 2018), and environmental movements (see e.g., Konttinen &
Peltokoski, 2004) before the turn of the millennium, but radicalised actors have rarely caused
extensive damage. The safety conditions of Finland rank at the top level in the EU through the
European Social Progress Index (European Commission, 2020).
Finland is a Nordic welfare state with a strong public sector. It joined the EU in 1995. Finnish
democracy is based on a multi-party system and proportional representation, and the political
culture is described as consensual (Sjöblom, 2011). Finland has a high association activity,
and various channels of direct citizen participation have been developed in the 21st century,
particularly at the local level (Kuokkanen, 2016). Municipalities play a central role in the
implementation of welfare policies through consensual decision-making that integrates
political parties, while regional administration has traditionally been weak (Sjöblom, 2011).
Due to economic overheating in the late 1980s and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Finland
experienced a deep economic recession in the early 1990s, which led to the restructuring of
the welfare state and processes of economic and social differentiation within the urban context
and between regions (e.g. Vaattovaara et al, 2018). The public sector net worth increased
considerably from 25 to 63 percent of GDP between 2000 and 2007. During the financial crisis
of 2007-2008, the net worth of the public sector declined by more than 20 percent of GDP and
faster than its debt increased. Since 2008 the Finnish public sector static net worth has
remained broadly stable, despite the notable increase in gross debt (Brede & Henn, 2019).
Since the 1990s recession, several reforms of social, health and employment policies have
sought to reduce unemployment, and to reform the social and health care system and the
municipalities’ tasks due to changes in the population structure and dependency ratio.
Recently, the centre-right Sipilä cabinet (2015-2019) introduced a series of reforms, among
them a highly unpopular activation policy for the unemployed.
The Finnish population has traditionally been relatively homogenous. Swedish is the second
national language in Finland, and 5.2 percent of Finns have Swedish as their mother tongue
(Tilastokeskus, 2018). There are two national churches: The Evangelical Lutheran church and
the Orthodox church. Indigenous Sámi populations live an area comprising parts of Northern
Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Russia. In Finland, there are also traditional Roma, Tatar,
Jewish, Ingrian Finn and Carelian minorities.
Since the late 1980s humanitarian and work- and family-related immigration to Finland have
augmented. Because of a very low starting point, the growth of the percentage of people with
a foreign background has been relatively high during the last decades. (Saukkonen, 2013, p.
13.) The largest inflow of foreign citizens into Finland began in 2004, when new member states
joined to the EU (Lonsky, 2020). Because of the changes in age structure and dependency
ratio, according to the MoI, there is rising need of foreign labour (Sisäministeriö). The ‘refugee
crisis’ in 2015 accelerated immigration, and 32 476 refugees arrived in Finland during that
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year (UNHCR, 2019). This development temporarily impacted the popularity of radical rightwing groups. Although some of the support soon faded, quick changes in immigration created
fertile soil for further extra-parliamentary activity of the radical right (Sallamaa, 2018, p. 1).
Migration in Finland has focused on the big cities, particularly the Helsinki metropolitan area
(HMA), at an accelerating volume (Tilastokeskus, 2020). While cities’ housing policies
promote social mixing (Vaattovaara et al, 2018), geographical segregation has nevertheless
increased during the 21st century in Finnish cities (for HMA, see Tilastokeskus, 2020).
Housing stock structures differ from one area to another, but there are no intense policies that
force ghettoisation (Vilkama, 2011). Language minorities mainly move into neighbourhoods
that have a high proportion of rental housing (ibid.). Finnish suburbs have become more
multicultural than before, but they are quite safe (Junnilainen, 2019). In the countryside, rural
emigration has affected the accessibility of public services (Kivelä, 2014).
The Finnish public elementary school system gives an equal possibility to education for all
children nationwide, offering a core for the implicit policies of de-radicalisation. In 2020 the
government decided to extend compulsory education until the age of 18 years (Opetus- ja
kulttuuriministeriö, 2020). Residential segregation (Bernelius, 2013) and the disparities
between the cities and the countryside have led to some geographical differences between
schools. Most Finnish young people are doing well, but the gap between deprived and welloff people has deepened (Ohisalo, 2018; Moilanen, Airaksinen & Kangasniemi, 2019).
There have been visible shifts in party politics in the 21st century in Finland. The most notable
one was the landslide election victory of the populist FP in 2011 (Palonen & Saresma, 2017,
p. 19). The party politicised Finland’s EU membership and set themselves as an alternative to
the ‘traditional parties’ that were embroiled in a corruption crisis related to election funding
after the 2007 parliamentary elections (Palonen, 2020a). After the 2015 elections, FP was one
of three government parties, but split due to party leadership change in 2017, when radical
right-wing leader Jussi Halla-aho was elected to lead the party in a more ethno-nationalist
direction (Palonen, 2018). Its success has continued: it was the second-largest party in the
parliamentary elections in 2019 (Palonen, 2020b). The FP’s ‘double-speak’ at parliament has
supported radical undertones (Vaarakallio, 2015). In 2015 parliamentary elections the FP (in
the Finnish system open) electoral list included activists from the far-right group Suomen Sisu
some of whom became MPs. A radical fraction or edge exists in FP, with several members
actively co-operating with extra-parliamentary radical groups (Kotonen, 2019). Some of FP’s
MPs and municipal politicians have been expelled from the party, and a few of them have also
gathered supporters for a potential Blue-Black Party, which has a neofascist agenda and
affinity to the interwar Lapua Movement (YLE, 2021b).
Radical extra-parliamentary extreme right-wing activism is seen as the biggest contemporary
threat of radical action (Sisäministeriö, 2020a): MoI (ibid, p. 11) states that the most alarming
threat is formed of independent actors connected with each other on the internet. Finland has
had certain waves of violence, the latest one being in 2015 when the ‘refugee crisis’ started.
However, this also created a counter-reaction among the general public, with broad
demonstrations against the far right and racism (see e.g. YLE, 2015). The Finnish extreme
right can be described as more of a social media phenomenon at the moment. (Kotonen, 2020,
p. 61, 64.) There are many loosely organised movements and groups with about 100 or fewer
supporters (Sallamaa, 2018). A visible radical right-wing actor, the national-socialist group
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Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), was under a ban threat since 2017, and it was banned
in September 2020. After the ban, the NRM has not resorted to physical violence beyond
minor clashes at demonstrations. (Kotonen, 2020, pp. 61-62.)
In the 21st century there have been three school attacks, which shocked Finland: in Jokela
in 2007, in Kauhajoki in 2008, and in Kuopio in 2019. There is no clear consensus about
whether the motives of these attacks have been political, but the shooter in the 2007 attack
self-acknowledged their ideological reason online, and the second, in 2008, followed these
posts (see section 3.1.).
Since Syria’s and Iraq’s conflicts began in 2011, the threat of radicalisation and violent
behaviour has increased (see section 4.1). The number of people targeted by anti-terrorism
policies has more than doubled in a decade because of foreign fighters and recruitment and
support networks linked to the conflict (Sisäministeriö, 2020a, p. 24). Only one case has been
judged as a radical Islamist terrorist attack: two people died and eight were wounded in Turku
in 2017 (Onnettomuustutkintakeskus, 2017). The Finnish government decided to return the
first orphan children from the al-Hol camp in autumn 2019, then two mothers with their children
in the end of 2020, which caused discussion about children’s rights and public safety. Finland
is part of an international coalition against ISIL (Sisäministeriö, 2020a).
Multi-professional prevention work has been at the core of the Finnish de-radicalisation policy.
The prevention work has been coordinated nationally and implemented locally since 2012.
After the attack in Turku, more attention has been paid to de-radicalisation work (Ministry of
the Interior, 2019b).
Compared to many other European countries, Finland has survived from Covid-19 pandemic
relatively well. There have been some anti-vaccine action and demonstrations opposing
restrictions, some of which partly overlap with the radical right (see section 4.1). The issue has
got attention among politicians and in traditional media (see section 3.2.).
Overall, there has been little political violence in Finland. Welfare services are considered
central to preventing radicalisation. In Finnish society, there are nevertheless some signs of
polarisation, which must be considered when assessing the threat of political violence.
3. Structures of radicalisation
3.1. Political violence in Finland
Although the threat of political violence in Finland is low (Sallamaa, 2018), it has been rising,
especially after the start of the Syria and Iraq conflicts (Juntunen, Creutz-Sundblom &
Saarinen, 2016) and the 'refugee crisis' in 2015 (Kotonen, 2020). SUPO lifted the terrorist
threat rating to level two out of a four-level scale in 2017. Since then, classification has
remained. According to SUPO, there are significant support activities and identified actors and
groups that are motivated and able to execute terrorist crimes (Sisäministeriö, 2020a, p. 11).
According to Europol, there was one terrorist attack (the Turku attack described below) and
nine people arrested in Finland for terrorism-related offences in 2017 (Europol, 2018). In 2015,
three people were arrested (Europol, 2016), and in 2012 and 2011, two people per year
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(Europol, 2011; 2012). Since 2007, no other attacks or arrests have been recorded in
Europol’s documents.
MoI considers that the radical right is the most alarming threat in the 21st century
(Sisäministeriö, 2020a). The action is centred on the internet and, despite individual cases of
violent crimes, movements mostly influence through information and propaganda distribution
(Sallamaa, 2018). Activity connected to the violent radical right has been observed by police
departments in all areas (Sisäministeriö, 2020a). The popularity of right-wing activism
momentarily increased after the 'refugee crisis', and this was visible in the streets as street
patrols. (Sallamaa, 2018.) A few times, violent confrontations have happened at the annual
Independence Day demonstrations, and they have given visibility to extremist groups among
ordinary citizens (YLE 2020c).
As the first association to be banned since the 1970s, the extreme right NRM was abolished
in September 2020 after a 3-year legal process (Sallamaa & Kotonen, 2020) that started after
an incident next to the Helsinki railway station. A passer-by who spat on the face of an NRM
member was kicked by the member in a lethal assault during NRM’s demonstration in Helsinki
in 2016, with the court later deeming that racist convictions motivated the assault (Bjørgo &
Aasland Ravndal, 2020, p. 44; YLE, 2018). Since the ban, some NRM activists have moved
to other groups (see section 4.1.).
So far, the only convicted terrorist crime event in the 21st century in Finland was an attack in
Turku in 2017 that killed two people and injured nine, including the offender – a Moroccan
young man who came to Finland to apply for asylum and received a negative decision. He
claimed to be fighting for ISIL, which ISIL has not confirmed. Before the attack, the police had
received a tip-off about the man, but no arrangements were implemented
(Onnettomuustutkintakeskus, 2017). Three other cases have been forethought to be
prosecuted as terrorist attacks but without consequences (Manner & Teittinen 2021).
In the 2000s there have been three school attacks. The first, in Jokela in 2007, left nine people
dead, including the offender, and 12 others injured. The offender published material connected
to the crime and interacted with other radicalised people online, aiming to change society by
his “operation against humankind” (Kauhajoen koulusurmien tutkintalautakunta, 2010). This
killing was associated with the personal problems of the offender, an outcast fellow student
(Oikeusministeriö, 2009). In Kauhajoki in 2008, 11 people, including the offender, were killed
and three injured at a university of applied sciences. The attacker, a fellow student, did not
have any radical social or religious worldview but had shown interest in the Jokela attack. In
Kuopio in 2019, a sword attack left two people dead and 10 injured (YLE, 2020a).
SUPO considers that people returning from the conflict areas of ISIL pose both immediate and
indirect security threats in the short and long term (Sisäministeriö, 2020a, p. 25; see section
4.1.), and the case of the al-Hol camp has been debated since 2019 (see section 3.2.). SUPO
estimates that about 80 people have travelled to Iraq and Syria since the crisis began
(Sisäministeriö, 2020a). The leavers have been fighting and being educated, but also, for
instance, nursing in the conflict area (Creutz, Saarinen & Juntunen, 2015). No people who
have left from Finland for Iraq or Syria have been punished for a terrorist crime (Manner &
Teittinen, 2021), due to evidence requirement for a special target of preparation (see Rikoslaki,
2018/874). Smaller numbers of radical left activists have joined Kurdish action in Syria
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(Sisäministeriö, 2020a). More information about the main radicalisation events in Finland in
the 21st century can be found in Appendix 1.
3.2. The perception of the Finnish political elite of the cases of radicalisation
In the Finnish consensual political culture (see section 2), violence is generally condemned in
the state speech. The Finnish official policy explicitly emphasizes the prevention of violent
radicalisation and extremism (MoI, 2019a; Kotonen, 2020, p. 60) and cooperation with multiprofessional specialists and stakeholders continuing over governmental periods. In 2015 the
Sipilä government was faced with the ‘refugee crisis’ with the populist FP as its junior partner,
with anti-migration proponents among the rank and file. After the 2019 general elections,
Sanna Marin’s SDP-led red-green-centrist government introduced gradual changes. The
Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo and her party, the Greens, underline that internal security
should be strengthened by avoiding social exclusion in democratic society, reflected in the
policy of MoI (Vihreä liitto, 2016; 2018). The Green Minister of Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto
has called for measures against inequality in Europe, so to avoid “hubs of hate and bitterness”;
terrorism and extremist movements should be prevented with multi-professional cooperation
on site and in Europe (Muhonen 2020, see Appendix 2). The Greens aim to increase the
diversity of police officers (Vihreä liitto, 2018). The returning process of children and especially
mothers who were in the al-Hol camp has awoken different opinions from Finnish politicians.
Haavisto has acted for returning people from the camp (Kervinen, 2020; see Appendix 2),
while the opposition—FP and the moderate right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP)—has
been against it (Sutinen, 2020a).
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is working on the tightening of the terrorism law
(Oikeusministeriö, 2020), but also on developing democracy (this will be pursued in WP9 of
D.Rad project). There is discussion between politicians and officers about the reform of the
terrorism law and the need to criminalise participation in a terrorist group and its actions,
including education. The government is planning to criminalise only significant and goaloriented action, but NCP (2009; 2020) and FP (2011) are demanding a lower threshold for
punishments. NCP proposes moving to the model of Denmark, where citizenship can be
revoked from members of terrorism groups (Kokoomus, 2009; 2020).
In the aftermath of the Turku stabbing in 2017, the Finnish political elite has discussed
reforming the intelligence law. Both left- and right-wing parties see that a stricter law is needed
to prevent terrorism. In their foreign and security policy programme, the Left Alliance writes
that a new law is needed to eliminate radical right-wing action and all kind of terrorism
(Vasemmistoliitto, 2017). They nevertheless press that Finland cannot become a spying
society. NCP raises the need for law reform in their parliamentary election programme of 2019
(Kokoomus, 2019a). They also mention the importance of the protection of privacy. Terrorism,
radicalism and political violence are not a widely discussed in the policy programmes of
Finnish parties represented in parliament. Most Finnish parties’ political programmes after
2001 do not include direct references to radicalisation or political violence. Terrorism,
mentioned as contemporary problem, is mostly treated as an external risk on an international
level (e.g. Kokoomus, 2020; SDP, 2009; 2007; 2004; Vasemmistoliitto, 2020; 2019a; 2019b;
Keskusta, 2016). National or international attacks have not had a significant impact on Finnish
policy programmes. The Social Democratic Party (SDP), the largest party of Finnish
parliament, has recognised terrorism and radicalisation as an internal security threat (SDP,
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2020), but not as one of the most probable dangers for the national safety of Finland (SDP,
2017). The perceived international nature of terrorism and radicalism is reflected in the
abundance of references to the preventive and problem-solving role of EU across the political
spectrum (see Kokoomus, 2020; 2019b; 2009; SDP, 2007; 2004; Vasemmistoliitto, 2019a;
Perussuomalaiset, 2019).
For FP, immigration is the main security threat (Perussuomalaiset, 2019). It, alone, has
proposed that the law on ethnic agitation should be reformed to a milder version in the name
of freedom of speech (Perussuomalaiset, 2020). The 2019 election manifesto singled out
Islamic terrorism and the failure of “fortress Europe” (Perussuomalaiset, 2019). FP’s
immigration programme (2015) presented that immigration produces ghettoisation, which
leads to religious radicalisation, and it proposed to prevent that with a stricter border policy.
Jussi Halla-aho, a former MEP and the party leader since 2017, considers Islam as a
backward religion that lays the groundwork for terrorism (see appendix 2), highlighting a
menacing image of Islam on his blog (e.g., Halla-aho, 2014). Some FP politicians have
connections with, and give sympathy to, radical right movements (see section 4.1.). The party
has also criticised radical right-wing action, especially when it has contained physical violence
(Sallamaa, 2019; Vaaherkumpu, 2020). In a recent interview, Halla-aho was sympathetic to
Covid-19 vaccine critics, while many FP supporters refuse vaccines, according to polls
(Kervinen, 2021a). In its municipal election programme (Perussuomalaiset, 2021), FP wants
to withdraw tax funding from “extremist group actions”, referring to the promotion of
multicultural society, and gender diversity and sensitivity. A poem in FP’s parliamentary
election programme calls a radical animal rights activist attack at a fur farm an act of terrorism
against the company (Perussuomalaiset, 2011). Jussi Halla-aho has called Extinction
Rebellion activists “spoiled climate fanatics” and “riffraff” (Tamminen, 2020; see Appendix 2).
Left-wing parties, SDP and the Left Alliance, have defined radical right activism as a threat in
Finnish society (Vasemmistoliitto, 2017; SDP, 2020). The action of street patrolling groups
(see section 4.1.) is mentioned in the Foreign and Security Policy Programme of the Left
Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto, 2017) and in the municipal election material of SDP (SDP, 2017).
SDP (ibid.) writes about street patrolling groups as a result of a security vacuum created by
the failed social policy of the centre-right government and the cutting of resources from
security authorities. Left Alliance claims that right-wing patrolling groups should be abolished
(Vasemmistoliitto, 2017). Left Alliance (ibid.) claimed that border policy is not a remedy to
increase safety while the FP opposes this view. Other parties and politicians, for example exprime minister Antti Rinne (SDP), worry about the relationship between FP and extremist right
action (Konttinen, 2021). SDP has emphasised local democracy in de-radicalisation (SDP,
2016).
NCP envisions refugee policy of the future on its website (Kokoomus, 2019c), arguing that
people with illegal status increase threats of insecurity, violent radicalisation and crime. It also
claims that intentional prolongation of the asylum process causes frustration, which can lead
to radicalisation (Kokoomus 2019c). In 2021, prior to local elections, the party is torn between
cosmopolitan and conservative-nationalist values.
The Centre Party has not addressed much terrorism and radicalism in its policy programmes
beyond referencing school shootings in three of them (Keskusta 2013; 2014a; 2014). It
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emphasises the multi-professional work of officials and CSOs as the solution for protecting
the society from new school attacks.
3.3. The perception of the violent threat by the general public
Violent radicalisation does not prominently feature in Finnish studies on fears in life, as
people’s main fears concern their own health and that of close ones, and climate change in
the younger generation (YLE, 2019.) Näsi et al (2018) asked specific questions about the socalled new social threats from a representative sample of Finns. While most respondents did
not experience the presented alternatives as personal threats, phenomena mostly perceived
as such were immigration (17 percent of the respondents), terrorism and asylum seekers (both
15 percent), extremist movements (13 percent), environmental threats and catastrophes (12
percent), organised crime (11 percent), verbal violence (11 percent), religious fanaticism (8
percent), hate speech on the internet (7 percent) and racism (6 percent). Immigration,
terrorism and asylum seekers were perceived more commonly as threats among those with
income problems and those using social media, the radical right-wing discussion forum
Hommaforum, and the MV-lehti newspaper (described in section 4.1.) as their information
sources. The study found a correlation between many of the perceived threats and the level
of education. Men perceived immigration, asylum seekers, extremist movements and religious
fanaticism as threats more than women, while women perceived terrorism, verbal and sexual
violence and hate speech on the internet as threats more than men.
A representative sample of Finnish residents of all national backgrounds were revealed to be
most afraid of jihadist terrorism and least afraid of national extreme-right terrorism (Makkonen,
2019; data gathered before the 2017 Turku attack). A positive correlation was found between
intolerance and a fear of jihadist terrorism, but also for other types of terrorism. Support for FP
did not have a correlation with the fear for terrorism, but it was related to feelings of hate.
Women were more afraid of all types of terrorism than men were, while education and age did
not augment feelings of fear.
While there have been few large-scale acts of terrorism or politically motivated violence in
Finland in the 21st century, the far right and radical Islamists can be seen as potential actors
in the field (see also section 4). Consensual politics condemn violence and seek to prevent it,
even though extremism has not been at the centre of the political agenda.
4. Agents and channels of radicalisation
According to SUPO’s recently released yearbook (2021), individuals and small groups that
support the far right or radical-Islamist ideologies form the biggest threat of terrorism in
Finland. The threat of the far right augmented during the past year, but the threat of radical
Islamists stayed at the same level, although there were multiple people who came back from
conflict zones. According to MoI (2019a), this was also true regarding other violent threats
than just terrorism.
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4.1. The collective agents accountable for the most incidents of violent attacks in Finland
Far right
Far-right and anti-immigration mobilisation blossomed in 2015-16 as many organisations and
movements emerged. Some far-right groups have a more structured ideology, for instance,
neo-Nazism or counter-jihad, but others generally position themselves against Islam,
immigration, multiculturalism, the EU, the political elite or globalism. (Sallamaa, 2018, p. 5.)
Also, an anti-gender position is a feature of many right-wing ideologies (Saresma, 2020), and
social media is used to spread hate speech as a form of gendered and racist violence
(Saresma, Karkulehto & Varis, 2021). Overall, there has been a relatively low amount of
serious violence from the far right especially when it is compared with violent material online
(Sallamaa 2019). Nevertheless, there were a series of serious attacks with burning and
explosive substances on asylum seeker centres in Finland in 2015 (Kotonen & Kovalainen,
forthcoming).
The Finnish far right can be described as more of a social media phenomenon since 2015. In
particular for Soldiers of Odin (SOO), online recruitment and mobilisation has been significant.
Being a virtual community also enabled SOO to be discovered internationally. In 2019, SOO’s
Facebook pages were taken down and banned, moving communication to closed channels
such as Vkontakte and Telegram (Kotonen, 2020, p. 64.). Malkki, Sallamaa, Saarinen and
Eerola (2021) found in their recent study that the most violent material in Finnish-speaking
online forums was spread in far-right and anti-immigration discussions. Also, resistance to
SOO was framed online through the parody group Loldiers of Odin (Laaksonen, Koivukoski &
Porttikivi 2021).
NRM is a violent extra-parliamentary far right, neo-Nazi and revolutionary organisation in
Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark (Sallamaa, 2018, pp. 39-40). The Finnish chapter of
NRM was founded in 2008 and has since been involved in violent acts that target particularly
political opponents. It has approximately one hundred members. It was convicted of prohibition
of activities in 2019, but its activists have continued to operate under a new organisation called
Towards Freedom! (Kohti Vapautta!). Police have investigated links between the two and the
possible violation of the prohibition (Kotonen, 2020, pp. 61-63.). Furthermore, NRM is
expected to continue its activities through other organisations (Sallamaa & Kotonen, 2020).
NRM has its roots in online communities (Kotonen, 2020, p. 64): online radio Riimuradio,
websites and far-right music, using channels such as YouTube, Gab, Bitchute and Discord,
and Finnish discussion forums for the general public (Sallamaa, 2018, pp. 47-49). NRM has
also published the print and online newspaper Magneettimedia after receiving rights from the
previous owner, a retail chain owner (Kotonen, 2020, p. 63).
NRM’s threat of violence is high, although there have not been violent attacks during recent
years (Sisäministeriö, 2020a, p. 17). Previously, there has been violence during street events.
The incident that happened in Helsinki in 2016 (see section 3.1.) had a huge impact on the
prohibition of charges. In addition to that incident and spontaneous street fights, usually
against political opponents, there was a stabbing case at a library in Jyväskylä in 2013 and a
group assault at the shopping centre in Jyväskylä in 2015 (Kotonen, 2019, p. 62.) At the time
of writing, there is a murder charge against an NRM activist who allegedly murdered another
NRM activist on Finnish Independence Day in 2020 (Reinboth, 2020a).
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A street patrolling group, SOO, has had chapters in most of the cities in Finland, and was
present in more than 20 countries at its height. It has also taken part in demonstrations and
done charity work. In its public statements, it states that violence is only allowed when used
to self-defence. It sees Islam and especially young refugees as security threats (Kotonen,
2019, p. 241, 252.). SOO had approximately 600 members in Finland at its peak of popularity
in 2015-16, but its member count has since dropped by about a third due to several factors
such as internal fighting and the ending of the ‘refugee crisis’. SOO represents a potentially
violent sentiment, although it has in practice been relatively peaceful. There has been more
physical violence internally between its members; however, in a few cases, members have
attacked migrants and asylum seekers (Kotonen, 2020, pp. 61-62.). There are several links
between SOO and NRM: for instance, its founder used to be an NRM member, and SOO
members have participated in NRM’s demonstrations and disseminated its propaganda
(Sallamaa, 2018).
Many members of the extra-parliamentary far right regard FP as a way to influence politics.
Also, the public narrative regarding immigrants by some members of FP might lead to
outbursts of violence by the far right (Sallamaa 2019.). SOO criticised the immigration policies
of the government where FP was a partner from 2015. After the leadership change of FP and
party split in 2017, the party’s anti-immigration faction returned to the opposition. SOO publicly
supported FP candidate Laura Huhtasaari for Finland’s presidency. Additionally, local
representatives and SOO actives regularly met in some cities (Kotonen, 2019, pp. 242-243,
248.).
Anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalism organisation Suomen Sisu was formed in 1998 and
spread itself to most parts of Finland. By 2015 it had about 1700 members. Its core principle
is “ethnopluralism”: to not mix different ethnicities and cultures. Ideological communication
happens on the organisation’s website and Facebook page, and its members use
Hommaforum, an online forum for anti-immigration discussion. (Sallamaa, 2018, pp. 9-16.)
Sisu has the closest connection to party politics (with FP) of all the far-right organisations, and
it acts as the key connector between far right and party politics since multiple members were
elected to the parliament in 2015 via FP. Amongst them was Olli Immonen, who became a
symbol of Sisu through his social media presence (Vaarakallio 2015). FP leader Jussi Hallaaho is a former member of Sisu and is known for his racist and misogynist social media writing
(Horsti & Saresma 2021).
Sisu’s relationship to NRM is complex, as they share same principles, but NRM’s
authoritarianism and shared Nordic state conflicts with Sisu’s nationalism. Like the new
proposal for a neofascist party, called Sinimustat (Blue Black Movement), Sisu also focuses
against the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. Sisu’s members have also been active in
other far-right organisations and have some connections to SOO (Sallamaa, 2018, pp. 9-16.).
In addition, 612-association has organised a torch procession on Finnish Independence Day
since 2014, uniting different far-right and anti-immigration actors such as Suomen Sisu, NRM
and Sarastus (an online magazine) (Sallamaa, 2018, pp. 57-58). These demonstrations have
acted as connecting events between less and more radicalised people. At the moment, there
are charges against people carrying Nazi flags in this demonstration in 2018 (Reinboth 2020b).
While there are links between the far right and FP, their relation is multifaceted. There was an
attempted murder of FP’s parliamentary assistant Pekka Kataja, who has actively contributed
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to the exclusion of some far-right members in FP, in 2020 (Gustafsson, 2020). A far-right
activist was charged but the charges fell through, although the trial is expected to continue in
the Court of Appeal.
Probably the most discussed far-right counter-media is MV-media (previously MV-magazine),
whose late founder was convicted multiple times for ethnic agitation and defamation of
character. Other counter-media outlets are Sarastus, Oikea media and Hommaforum.
Sarastus describes itself as a traditional and radical online magazine. Oikea media is an antiimmigration and anti-Islam online magazine, which is also against the EU and gender minority
rights and has connections to the Finnish conservative Christian right. Hommaforum is an
online forum about anti-immigration, and especially about Muslims. It was established in 2008,
when the actives on Jussi Halla-aho’s Scripta blog wanted to have a discussion forum for antiimmigration topics (Sallamaa, 2018, pp. 67–68, 73.). The network of far-right organisations
can be found in Appendix 3.1., where one can also find some smaller organisations connected
to the network that were not presented here.
Radical Islamism
SUPO estimates approximately 390 subjects of interest in terrorism prevention, and most of
them support radical Islamist terrorism with their actions (Sisäministeriö, 2020a, pp. 23-24). It
is still growing in numbers, albeit more slowly than earlier. Malkki and Saarinen (2019, p. 12,
80) consider publicly available information sources about jihadist mobilisation as scarce and
inadequate: SUPO’s list is not exclusive, and it did not include the assailant of the Turku attack.
Networks amongst people interested in jihadism grow, but these remain mostly fragmented
and poorly organised (ibid, p.11). No organisations would publicly support radical Islamism,
and mobilisation is scarce in international comparison, with only a few “jihadist entrepreneurs”
(persons having a crucial role in forming groups and networks and planning the activity).
Organisations in the style of Sharia have not formed in Finland, which lacks suburbs with a
same kind of concentration of radical Islamist mobilisation as in some other countries. The
mobilisation is concentrated in big cities, where most of the Muslim population lives (Malkki &
Saarinen, 2019, pp. 63-64, 82-86.). This form of group mobilisation only emerged in Finland
after the Syrian conflict began in 2011 (Juntunen, Creutz-Sundblom & Saarinen, 2016, p. 59).
According to Malkki and Saarinen (2019), the few cases of threats online have turned out to
be false. The only legally effective jihadist attack happened in Turku in 2017, yet the assailant
did not have any known connections to radical Islamist networks in Finland. While only one
terrorist attack has been convicted as such, arrests and charges have fallen against AlShabaab (for either recruiting foreign fighters to Somalia or financing) supporters in 2011 and
2014. There was also a person expelled from Sweden to Finland because of his ties to the alQaeda network in Sweden (Malkki & Saarinen, 2019, pp. 11, 74-76.).
In Finland, jihadist activity mostly consists of non-violent action such as recruitment or
financing (Malkki & Saarinen 2019, p. 11). The amount of people who have travelled to conflict
zones has increased, with over 70 people having travelled to Syria and Iraq from Finland in
2012-2015. That number does not include minors and people unknown to the authorities. The
19 different ethnicities, 62 percent with Finnish citizenship, evidences a diversity of
backgrounds, with most of them leaving from the biggest cities across Finland. The largest
cohort was young men aged 21-25, although women were also included (Creutz, Saarinen &
Juntunen, 2015, pp. 4-5.). Converted Muslims were interested in a radical association called
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Time of Islam (Islamin aika), and Muslims of Helsinki (Helsingin muslimit) activists. In Helsinki,
the mosque of Roihuvuori has been called a “radical mosque” in the public discussion,
because multiple people who left for Syria or Iraq visited the mosque prior and had got to know
each other there. The mosque may also be called Salafist, but not jihadist (Malkki & Saarinen,
2019, pp. 76-77.). One publicly identified example of organised recruitment, radicalisation and
facilitation activity in Finland is connected to Mullah Krekar and the Rawti Shax/Didinwe radical
network, but few people have left for conflict zones through this network (Juntunen, CreutzSundblom & Saarinen, 2016, p. 34).
Although radicalisation and recruiting happen online, one is more likely to radicalise through
physical social contacts such as family and friends (Juntunen, Creutz-Sundblom & Saarinen,
2016, pp. 46-52). Social media has made it easier to access radical material, but
communication has now moved to closed channels such as Telegram, since publicly available
channels on, for example, such as Twitter and Facebook are deleted by those technology
companies (Malkki & Saarinen, 2019, p. 12, 90; Malkki & Pohjonen, 2019, p. 12, 81.). Some
radicalisation takes place in prisons, although the phenomenon seems to be quite small. The
radicalisation of women who leave for conflict zones and their networking beforehand is an
avenue that should be studied more (Malkki & Saarinen, 2019, p. 90.). The radical Islamist
network can be found in Appendix 3.2.
Others
In Finland, radical separatism does not exist. MoI (2020a, pp. 11-12) considers extraparliamentary far-left mobilisation (anarchism and anti-fascism) as minor during last years,
and mostly visible during demonstrations. It also sees that environmental activism has been
minor, although there has been some trespassing and action-disruptive demonstrations. A
movement called Extinction Rebellion Finland has recently been active in non-violent activism
(ibid.).
While Finnish anti-vaccine movements have a long background, they have risen in awareness
in the public discussion in the Covid-19 pandemic (Typpö, 2021; Nieminen, 2021). It became
apparent in the anti-pandemic measures demonstration in March 2021 that lifestyle ideologies
activists and far-right concerns may entangle (Kerttula et al, 2021). Recently, the QAnon
movement has also activated in Finland (Vaaltee, 2020).
4.2. The state agencies contributing to radicalisation
The state provides the legal framework for controlling radicalisation, not only through civil
rights and criminal law, but also through its broader social, education and employment policies.
The welfare state mostly prevents radicalisation, but the complexity of the system and the
discretion of public authorities in means-tested benefits might in some cases lead to feelings
of injustice (Rantala et. al, 2018). Recently, a shortening of the child home care allowance
periods has been proposed to increase mothers’ employment rates and move children earlier
to day-care, affecting especially migrant mothers (Bäckgren, 2020), of whom 50 percent are
currently in some form of employment (Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, 2020, p. 28). In education
policy, early access to day-care removes the pressure for children from immigrant families to
take Finnish as a secondary language, which currently appears problematic for access to
secondary studies and higher education (Niemonen, 2020). However, cuts in the child home
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care allowance may unintentionally increase poverty if parents do not gain some form of
employment, and thus would have negative social consequences.
The police enjoy a legitimised position in Finland, with 91 percent of Finns saying that they
trust the police (Sisäministeriö, 2020b; see also EVA, 2018). The purpose of developing the
police is to bring it near the people and communities (Sisäministeriö, 2020c). Nevertheless,
Juntunen, Creutz-Sundblom and Saarinen (2016) and Creutz, Juntunen and Saarinen (2015)
show in their reports on Muslim communities and radicalisation that intelligence activities can
also be seen as breaking the feeling of integration in Western society, which might have
unwanted consequences. According to Keskinen et al. (2018), people belonging to ethnic
minorities experience many forms of surveillance and ethnic profiling by, for example, the
police, security and border guards, customs officers and salespersons. One reason for the
ethnic profiling conducted by the police is the unclear formulation of “reasonable suspicion” in
the Finnish Alien’s Act, which does not require the police to specify the grounds for their
checks. The researchers argue that targeted control acts on unclear grounds might decrease
the trust towards Finnish society.
Although the phenomenon has been small, connections between the far right and police
officers exist. In 2020 the police informed about a large crime scheme that involved far-right
actors planning a crime against life or health, where one suspect was a police officer (YLE,
2020b). However, the investigation has since then stopped due to a lack of enough evidence
on the actual execution of the plans (Poliisi, 2021). Also, in 2020, a photograph disseminated
on social media showed a police officer posing with members of SOO, which was highly
criticised; however, the police said the aim was not to show support but that the picture was
from a negotiation situation (Juopperi & Polo, 2020).
We conclude that the far right is highly networked in Finland and it has some connections to
party politics, as well. The radical Islamist network is not especially organised, although the
information regarding it is scarce. While the state mainly prevents radicalisation through its
welfare and education policies, there are policies that might contribute to radicalisation, such
as ethnic profiling.
5. Stakeholders and channels of de-radicalisation
The Finnish state prevents radicalisation both implicitly—through, for instance, its welfare and
education policies—and explicitly, through specific de-radicalisation policies. The focus of
Finnish ‘explicit’ de-radicalisation policies is on prevention and multi-professional cooperation
between public authorities and civil society (MoI, 2019a). MoI is the main coordinator of deradicalisation work in Finland. It controls public funding allocated to exit work, which is
implemented mostly by CSOs or in cooperation with them. Special allowances to prevent
violent extremism and radicalisation by supporting local cooperation, and to strengthen the
participation of children and young people in the prevention of violent extremism and
radicalisation and in exit activities, are allocated by MoJ.
Goal-directed prevention work in Finland started in 2012, when the first National Action Plan
for the Prevention of Violent Radicalisation and Extremism (NAP) was published (MoI, 2019a,
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p. 12). The NAP guides local and regional practices based on a local, up-to-date overview.
MoI has set a national co-operation group to implement, improve and estimate deradicalisation in Finland. The group is formed by police and crime officers, ministries (including
Ministries of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs and Health; and Education and Culture),
immigrant organisations, education specialists (National Agency for Education), municipal
organisations, youth organisations, religious organisations, university researchers and other
civil society organisations. MoI has familiarised itself with the de-radicalisation models of
European countries with longer traditions of that when formulating its policy (MoI, 2019b).
Prevention is divided into hard and soft tasks (MoI, 2019a, p. 24). Police organisation on
different levels is the main actor in hard tasks. SUPO, working under MoI, oversees the most
serious security threats and has resources for intelligence and to name people who raise
concerns about radicalisation or terrorism. Other actors of the police organisation are the
National Bureau of Investigation, which works with criminal investigation and criminal
intelligence, and 11 local police stations (Poliisi a; b). MoI claims that the capacity and
expertise of the police to prevent violent radicalisation has increased in recent years (MoI,
2019a). Exit work has been done by the police since 2018 funded by the Internal Security
Fund of European Commission allowed by MoI (see Appendix 4) until 2020, the fact that
financing moved to national sources, the National Bureau of Investigation had an impact on
the volume of exit work (Sisäministeriö, 2021).
NAP (MoI, 2019a) notes that the police alone cannot prevent radicalisation and that
cooperation is needed from organisations that are felt to be safe and accessible for people
who are radicalised or at risk of radicalisation. MoI has determined the relevance of different
services and their reachability in the Rajapinta project, in which it identified observations and
recommendations for local collaboration on the referral mechanism of persons of concern in
local multi-stakeholder collaboration for preventing violent radicalisation. The purpose is that
no-one drops off from the service structure (MoI, 2019b.).
Anchor work is multi-professional collaboration aimed to promote the wellbeing of adolescents
and prevent crime. It is carried out by multi-professional teams consisting of professionals
from the police, social services, health services and youth services. In cases of deradicalisation, there are no age limits (Moilanen, Airaksinen & Kangasniemi, 2019.). A
minimum level of services is set nationally, but, for example, the participation of third sector
organisations can be defined locally. Consequently, the availability of services differs from one
region to another (MoI, 2019b). Different experts and organisations have trained officers and
other stakeholders to prevent and cope with radicalisation, and Finnish actors have
participated in the education of the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network since 2011.
According to the MoI, there is still a need to develop nationally coordinated training and to
devote resources to it (2019a).
A significant part of Finnish de-radicalisation policies has concentrated on youth. MoI
emphasises the role of democracy education and participation in the prevention of
radicalisation (Sisäministeriö, 2021). Young people also participate in the planning and
execution of de-radicalisation action (MoI, 2019a; Sisäministeriö, 2021). Schools, for which
education is determined in the national core curriculum, are central in implicit de-radicalisation,
and they take part in the anchor work (MoI, 2019a). According to the Finnish National Agency
for Education, the school system and early child education are part of the preventive work of
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radicalisation through inclusiveness, open discussion and the teaching of civic skills and
critical thinking (Opetushallitus, 2018). The Finnish National Agency for Education has
published manuals to prevent radicalisation for elementary schools, early education and
vocational schools, and it organises training days for education professionals (Opetushallitus,
2018; 2019; 2020).
Competency to talk about and react in cases of radicalisation within school staff is lacking
(Opetushallitus, 2018). The Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki
coordinates a ‘Resilience and violent attitudes in education’ expert network, which produces
research-based information on the treatment, prevention, and confrontation of ideological
extremism and violence for the education sector and for a variety of stakeholders (University
of Helsinki, 2021). A research group developed a so-called REDI model, used as a base for
education-related issues in National Action Plan for the Prevention of Violent Radicalisation
and Extremism 2019-2023 of MoI. The model creates a framework for measures to address
violent attitudes, both at the level of the pupil, by the educator and in situations where other
actors in the de-radicalisation process, such as the principal, the pupil or student care team
and other social and health care actors, are consulted with regarding the person concerned.
It focuses on the preconceptions and existing knowledge of the educator, not on profiling
students (Vallinkoski, Benjamin & Koirijärvi, 2020.).
CSOs play a central role in de-radicalisation, which augments the potential to reach the
grassroots level (see Appendix 4). However, their work is often project-based with fixed-term
funding, which causes problems in the continuity of the work. (MoI, 2019b; cf. Kuokkanen,
2016.) Some projects have had to be terminated despite positive results (Roslund, 2018). An
example of ended projects is the RADINET project (2016-2018), organised by the Vuolle
Settlement, which is a non-profit foundation providing welfare, community and educational
services. Diakonissalaitos, a non-profit foundation whose actions are mainly focused on social
exclusion, started an exit programme in 2020 that contains therapy and help in taking care of
daily life conditions such as housing and education (Diakonissalaitos, 2020), with funding from
the Internal Security Fund of European Commission through MoI until summer 2021
(Sisäministeriö, 2021).
Different religious groups and organisations are in a significant position in de-radicalisation,
as they are close to their members and have the know-how of their cultures (MoI, 2019b). MoI
stresses that the security for religious organisations must be guaranteed (Sisäministeriö,
2021). The goal is the co-operation of religious groups and other de-radicalisation actors, and
religious groups have participated in local Anchor work (Moilanen et al. 2019). The Forum of
Young Muslims (NMF) promotes the inclusion of 16-19-year-old immigrants and Muslim youth
to prevent violent extremism, at their new Muvenna project in Turku (Nuorten muslimien
foorumi). Finn Church Aid has worked on de-radicalisation since 2013, and after receiving EU
funding it can continue at least until the year 2023. Its ongoing Reach Out 3 project supports
the building of cooperation and trust between authorities, different religious communities and
organisations, and develops new policies and forms of support for families impinged on by
violent radicalisation (Kirkon Ulkomaanapu). Radicalisation was the theme of Finn Church
Aid’s ‘Tekoja’ (Acts) campaign in 2015 (Kirkon Ulkomaanapu, 2015) (see Appendix 4).
In cooperation with Reach out action, CSO Save the Children has executed the RadicalWeb
project, which has provided knowledge about the impact of the internet in the radicalisation
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process. The project has provided education for adults working with young people. It is funded
by the Ministry of Education and Culture and will continue until the end of 2021 (Pelastakaa
Lapset, also see Appendix 4). Save the Children received an allowance from the MoJ to start
a new project in 2021, which aims to increase the resilience of young people aged 15-19 and
strengthen their participation in the prevention of violent radicalisation in 10 localities
(Sisäministeriö, 2021).
According to the Criminal Sanctions Agency, there has not been much radicalisation in Finnish
prisons before 2016. MoI sees prisons as a potential channel of de-radicalisation and in NAP,
the Criminal Sanctions Agency has several responsibilities (MoI, 2019a). Although the
improvement of de-radicalisation practices in prisons has not completely gone according to
the plan of the ministry in all respects during 2020, educating prison staff to cope with
radicalisation has progressed (Sisäministeriö, 2021). The Criminal Sanctions Agency had a 2year project that aimed to augment knowledge about radicalisation in Finnish prisons and
create expertise to recognise radicalisation processes (see Appendix 4). It provided training
for 400 prison officers and civil servants in the Criminal Sanctions Agency. The improvement
of multi-professional, border-crossing information gathering and exchange systems are
highlighted in the project report (Rikosseuraamuslaitos, 2018). The Criminal Sanctions
Agency still does not have a particular programme that focuses on de-radicalisation in prisons
(Rikosseuraamuslaitos, 2017; 2018). Prison healthcare is there to recognise ‘people of
concern’ (huolta aiheuttava henkilö, HAH) within the framework of their daily work (MoI,
2019a). Finland has taken a part in the European Criminal Policy Institute’s FAIR project
during 2017-2019, where the main objectives were to prevent and deter the radicalisation and
recruitment of European and foreign citizens by terrorist groups affiliated to ISIL, and to
promote disengagement behaviours in radicalised individuals in prisons (HEUNI, see also
Appendix 4).
Reception centres are part of the de-radicalisation network. The Finnish Immigration Service
oversees implementing the action related to immigration and asylum seekers (MoI, 2019a).
The integration of people in reception centres has been improved by, for example, the TRUST
– Good relations in Finland project (2016-?), which is funded by MoJ (Oikeusministeriö, 2017).
To sum up, Finnish de-radicalisation work is based on multi-professional cooperation and
prevention by both public authorities and the third sector. While welfare services that prevent
exclusion have a solid position in Finland, explicit de-radicalisation programmes have not yet
reached an established form in the social system.
6. Conclusion
The common view in Finland is that the services of the welfare state play a key role in
increasing a sense of belonging and in de-radicalisation. In general, political violence and
radicalisation are not seen as the most prominent national security threat by politicians or the
general public (see sections 3.2 and 3.3.), and violent radical activity has been minor in
Finland. However, SUPO (2021) considers both the far right and radical Islamism as potential
threats. The extra-parliamentary far right temporarily raised its head in 2015 and 2016, with
outbursts of violence towards reception centres (Kotonen & Kovalainen, forthcoming). The
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most visible far-right actor, NRM, was banned in 2020 due to violation of the Association Act.
It remains to be seen whether NRM continues its activities in Finland through another
organisation; most likely, the movement will continue in at least some form (Kotonen &
Sallamaa, 2020).
Small jihadist networks emerged in Finland after the Syrian civil war began in 2011 (Juntunen,
Creutz-Sundblom & Saarinen, 2016), but radical Islamist activity is not very visible overall.
What needs to considered is the scarce information about in available sources (Malkki &
Saarinen, 2019, p. 12). When information is deleted from open platforms on social media (e.g.,
Twitter and Facebook), it does not mean that it will be stopped, but that it will move to closed
platforms (e.g., Telegram). This, then, might mean that it is harder to detect and surveil the
contents that spread amongst radicalised people. The same can be applied to far right and
other extreme ideologies.
Finnish de-radicalisation policies focus on prevention and multi-professional cooperation
between different public authorities and civil society (Sisäministeriö, 2019a). The current redgreen-centrist government has emphasised the importance of reducing social exclusion as a
de-radicalisation practice. As radicalisation and political violence have not been publicly
considered phenomena in Finland for a long time, explicit de-radicalisation measures and
traditions are at an early stage of development. There is still a need to improve and unify
nationally implemented strategies of Anchor work and other de-radicalisation action to
equalise regional disparities. CSOs have an important role in implementing de-radicalisation
policies, which brings them closer to the grassroots level but simultaneously poses problems
for their resources and continuity because of the project-based nature of the action. It is crucial
to have continuing de-radicalisation programmes, as they are now funded for only a few years
at a time.
Apart from explicit de-radicalisation programmes, implicit de-radicalisation policy can be found
in cross-sectoral cooperation and welfare state policies. While the welfare state mainly
stabilises radicalising tendencies, the ministries also acknowledge the state agencies’
potential contributions to radicalisation—for instance, through ethnic profiling. Feelings of
injustice and racism can lead to increasing radicalisation, which can be caused by state
officials, the general public or the media (Creutz, Juntunen & Saarinen, 2015). These attitudes
may implicitly radicalise and polarise. The importance of listening to target groups must be
considered by involving youth, religious groups and other stakeholders in the planning of deradicalisation activities (Sisäministeriö, 2021).
The political elite is mostly unanimous about the direction of de-radicalisation policies, even if
there is some dispersion, for example on the forthcoming reform of the terrorism law. Profiling
and migration policy will stay on the agenda in Finnish politics where FP has a central role
(see section 3.2.). FP’s connection to the far right, albeit complex, is nevertheless an important
undercurrent that may boost and mainstream far-right actors by bringing their radicalised
opinions to the public through polarising debates. The themes central to FP also spread to
other parties. The moderate right-wing NCP, historically a coalition between liberals and
conservatives, has become divided around the issue of immigration, which demands for
border control during the pandemic further highlights.
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The overall impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on radicalisation remains to be seen. In the
future, it is likely that online communities will strengthen and provide an arena for new forms
of radicalisation around themes that are not or only shortly discussed in this report, such as
conspiracy theories (e.g., QAnon), Incel and anti-vaccination movements. These may also
entangle with existing movements and their concerns. Here, the international development
also affects the Finnish context.
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Appendices
Appendix 1. Main (de)-radicalisation events in Finland since 2001
Name
Date
or period of
time
Description
Anchor work began
Beginning of
21st century
Multi-professional work for promoting the
wellbeing of adolescents and preventing
crime; recognising radical thoughts and
searching for the right tools to detach them,
and working as a local safety
network; started first locally and during 21st
century it has developed into a nationwide
practice to prevent radicalisation.
School shooting in Jokela
7.11.2007
Nine people, including the offender, died, and
12 were injured. The offender was a young
Finnish man and student of the school.
The crime was called a killing, not a terrorist
attack, even though the offender had aimed
to change society by his operation ‘against
humankind’, in which he had planned to kill
as many people as possible and cause
disaster and chaos.
School shooting in
23.11.2008
11 people were killed, including the offender,
and three were injured. The offender was a
young Finnish man who studied at the
university of applied sciences in which he
attacked. He did not have a radical social or
religious worldview.
The election success of
the Finns Party
2011
The landslide election victory of the populist
Finns Party.
The First National Action
Plan for the Prevention of
Violent Radicalisation and
2012
The First National Action Plan for the
Prevention of Violent Radicalisation and
Extremism was published to guide
nationally de-radicalisation practices.
Crisis in Syria and Iraq
2011 –
present
Crisis in Syria and Iraq has led about
80 foreign fighters to leave for conflict zone
from Finland. ISIL has had an impact on
people with its ideology and propaganda.
‘Refugee crisis’
2015
32 476 refugees arrived in Finland during
that year (UNHCR Regional Representation
for Northern Europe). The crisis impacted the
Kauhajoki
Extremism was published
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activity of extremist groups, especially within
the radical right.
“Meillä on unelma”
demonstration
28.7.2015
About 15,000 people attended a
demonstration for multiculturalism and
tolerance in Helsinki. There were also
politicians and popstars present. The
demonstration prompted support for
demonstrations elsewhere in Finland.
A killing during NRM’s
demonstration
24.9.2016
A man was kicked in the chest by a NRM
member, and then hit his head on the
ground. Allegedly, he had spat on one of the
NRM activists. He died a week later.
EXIT work began
2016 –
present
EXIT work began in Finland first by the
Vuolle Settlement; in 2018, the Criminal
Sanctions Agency started EXIT work as well.
Now, Diakonissalaitos is implementing it.
Turku stabbing
18.8.2017
The only crime in which the offender was
judged for a terrorist crime in the 21st century
in Finland happened in Turku. Two people
were killed and nine, including the offender,
were injured. The offender was a young
Moroccan man who had come to Finland to
apply for asylum and received a negative
decision. He said that he was fighting for
ISIL, but ISIL did not confirm that.
Nazi flags in the
Independence Day
demonstration
6.12.2018
NRM members carried Nazi flags in the
Independence Day demonstration. Police
confiscated the flags.
School attack in Kuopio
8.9.2019
Two people were killed and 10 were injured.
The offender was Finnish man who did not
have connections to extremist groups.
Nordic Resistance
Movement was banned
September
The most powerful movement, NRM, was
banned, which seems to have had a
decreasing impact on the popularity of radical
right activism after a 3-year legal process.
Violent stabbing of Finns
Party functionary in Jämsä
present
2020
A court case of politically motivated violence
against a populist Finns Party active from the
extreme right within the party.
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Appendix 2. Political discourse about radicalisation in Finland
Comments
Quotation
Author(s)
Date of
quotation
Source
“The case [Turku stabbing]
is not
unexpected but obviously
a part of the series of
Islamist attacks in Europe.
As many other attacks that
have shaken Europe, the
suspect is an Arab man
who has exploited the
asylum system. […] We
recall that Islamic terrorism
is the result of a longrunning reckless
immigration policy and the
failed integration of
newcomers. […] Decisionmakers must […] take
legislative and other
measures to stop the
terrorism wave against
innocent bystanders. ... The
flow of asylum seekers
through safe countries such
as Sweden must be cut off.
Asylum applications must
be processed swiftly
and people who have been
rejected must be
expelled immediately.
Persons awaiting
deportation must not be
lowered, as the risk to
public safety is obvious.”
Jussi Hallaaho, Chair of
the Finns
Party
20.8.2017
Kokemäen
perussuom
a-laiset,
2017
Jussi Hallaaho commented
on the threat of
Islamic terrorism
and reasons
(Available
behind
at:
it on website of
https://koke
the Finns Party.
maki.perus
suomalaise
t.fi/uutinen/
puheenjoht
aja-jussihalla-ahonkannanotto
)
“It seems justified to make
active participation in
terrorist group’s activities
punishable when affiliation
with terrorist organisations
usually manifests itself as
such an activity. Public
urging to join a terrorist
group may, in principle, be
considered a dangerous
activity.”
Anna-Maja
Henriksson,
16.6.2020
Sutinen,
2020b
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.hs.fi/polit
iikka/art200000654
2699.html)
Minister of
Justice,
Chair of the
Swedish
People's Party
of Finland
“Defending democracy is
Maria
always timely. It is important Ohisalo, Minist
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22.9.2020
Ohisalo,
2020
The Minister of
Justice
commented on
the working
group's proposal
to tighten
terrorist laws.
that society protects itself
from violent extremism.
#PVL's [NRM’s] actions
violated or sought to violate
basic and human rights.
The Supreme Court
decided to abolish the
organisation.”
er of the
Interior, Chair
of the Green
League
“Spoiled climate fanatics,
and riffraff.”
Jussi Hallaaho, Chair of
the Finns
Party
5.10.2020
Tamminen
2020
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.uusisuo
mi.fi/uutiset
/jussi-hallaahoelokapinamielenosoit
tajistapilallehemmotell
utilmastofana
atikotrupusakkia/
8940c621315a-44eb83c4757582464
e03)
Hallaaho talked about
Extinction
Rebellion
activists.
“Backward Islam creates
foundation for
terrorism, honour related
violence, and any other
these kinds of by-products.
Islamism is not an
individual-level mental
health problem, it is a
violent worldview that is
spreading in Europe with
immigration and poisoning
that happens in mosques
and Koranic schools.”
Jussi Hallaaho, Chair of
the Finns
Party
22.10.2020
Halla-aho
2020
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.eduskunt
a.fi/FI/vaski
/Poytakirja
Asiakohta/
Sivut/PTK_
136+2020+
2.1.aspx)
Hallaaho spoke
in parliament’s
plenary debate.
“European societies have
to do a lot to make the
integration of different
religions and minorities
work, and to enable same
opportunities for
everybody in society and to
Pekka
Haavisto,
Minister of the
Exterior, Chair
of the Green
League
3.11.2020
Muhonen,
2020
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.hs.fi/polit
iikka/art-
Haavisto
commented on
the situation in
Europe after the
terrorist attacks
in Vienna and
Nice.
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(Available
at:
https://twitt
er.com/Mar
iaOhisalo/s
tatus/1308
293295236
284416)
avoid hubs of hate and
bitterness.”
200000693
5294.html)
“The bigger problem is that
these women [who
has been returned from AlHol camp] are allowed to be
free and continue to sow
their toxic ideology in
Finland in growing jihadist
circles - and to poison the
mental landscape of their
own children completely
unhindered. I think this is an
incomprehensible situation.
[…] If they were brought to
account for having
participated in one way or
another in the activities of
such a throatcutting organisation or for
having voluntarily traveled
to the [conflict] area or if their
children could be taken into
custody - we would
probably assess this return
in a slightly different way.”
Jussi Hallaaho, Chair of
the Finns
Party
21.12.2020
Parkkonen,
2020
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.iltalehti.fi
/politiikka/a
/679b32b27f1c-4ce39c67932ab875d
744)
Jussi Hallaaho criticised the
decision to return
Finnish mothers
from alHol camp.
“Their long stay in such a
camp could also pose a
serious risk for Finland in
the future. The fact that we
have citizens who have
lived in totally different
circumstances feeling the
bitterness about that they
have not been helped.”
Pekka
Haavisto ,
Minister of the
Exterior, Chair
of the Green
League
21.12.2020
Kervinen &
Laitinen,
2021
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.hs.fi/polit
iikka/art200000769
6584.html)
The Minister of
the Exterior
commented the
importance of
returning people
from the alHol camp.
“Unfortunately, this kind of
political violence [the action
of Black Lives
Matter movement] and
unwillingness to recognize
the counterparty's right to
opinion, or even existence
has been a growing
phenomenon in the United
States and perhaps
elsewhere in the world
during the last four years.
Here one and another has a
Jussi Hallaaho, Chair of
the Finns
Party
11.1.2021
Kervinen,
2021b
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.hs.fi/polit
iikka/art200000773
1870.html)
Jussi Hallaaho commented
on the actions of
Black Lives
Matter
movement,
which he
compared to the
invasion of the
Capitol.
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reason to look in the mirror
and evaluate their action.”
“The jihadist movement is a
major problem in many
European countries, as it is
associated very much with
terrorism and other
lawlessness. Many attacks
in various parts of Europe
show just the sort of danger
the jihadist movement
poses. The large number of
immigrants has also
exacerbated the problem.
According to
Communication from the
Commission COM (2020)
795 final, an estimated 5
000 individuals have
travelled to Syria and Iraq to
join terrorist groups. In
Finland a government study
was conducted on the
matter in 2019 (Jihadism in
Finland, Publications of the
Ministry of the Interior
2019:14).
21.1.2021
Laura
Huhtasaari,
MEP in
the Identity &
Democracy
Group, Finns
Party
I would therefore like to
know what possibilities
there are for obtaining EU
funding for researchers (in
the form of a research
grant, for example) into
jihadism in the Member
States or at EU level
generally.”
33
Huhtasaari,
2021
(Available
at:
https://ww
w.europarl.
europa.eu/
doceo/doc
ument/P-92021000352_E
N.html)
Huhtasaari left a
question for the
European
Parliament.
Appendix 3. Networks of connection of the main agents of radicalisation in Finland
Main agent of violence
Non-party organisations
Media
Parties
Co-membership
Collaboration
Co-participation
Affiliation
Legitimation
Recruitment from … to …
3.1. Far-right network
3.2. Radical Islamist net
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Appendix 4. Main de-radicalisation programmes in Finland
Name
Dates
Agents
Approach
Anchor
work
Beginning
of 21st
century
Multi-professional
teams: police,
social services,
health services
and youth
services, local
NGOs and other
local actors
(e.g., schools)
Reach Out
1, 2 & 3
2013-2023 Finn Church Aid
Integrative:
promotion of the
wellbeing of
adolescents and
prevention of
crime; recognition
of radical
thoughts
and research of
right tools to
detach them.
Scale
Local action,
national
coordination
Development
of new policies
and forms of
supporting people
returning from
conflict areas
and families
impinged on by
violent
radicalisation;
Targets
Individuals
(people under
18, in cases of
radicalisation
no age limits)
and their
families
Authorities,
religious
communities
and NGOs
supporting the
building of
cooperation and
trust between
authorities,
different religious
communities
and organisations
by adding
knowledge and
coordination
Tekoja
campaign
2015
Finn Church Aid
Integrative:
promoting
opportunities and
conditions
of youth in
Finland
and conflict areas
International
and local
Youth in
Finland and in
conflict areas
Rauhanradikaali
2015
Changemaker
Participatory:
promoting nonviolent participation of youth in
workshops Civic
educative:
Local
General public,
especially
youth
(youth
department of
Finn Church Aid)
35
(events)
influencing Finns'
perceptions of
radicalisation,
peace and
democracy
education
Project of
Criminal
Sanctions
Agency of
Southern
Finland to
recognition
of violent
extremism
and
radicalisation
2016-2018 Criminal
Sanctions Agency
of Southern
Finland
Training the staff;
creating expertise
to recognise
radicalisation
processes
RADINET
2016-2018 Vuolle settlement
Integrative:
therapy,
integration into
Finnish society
Local
(Helsinki,
Oulu)
Individuals
(voluntary
people wanting
to cut loose
from a radical
ideology)
Utøyaproject as
part of DIS
network
2016-
Education of
teachers
Nordic
countries
Schools and
teachers from
Norway,
Sweden,
Denmark,
Iceland and
Finland
FAIR
(Fighting
Against
Inmates’
Radicalisation)
2017-2019 HEUNI, Criminal
Sanctions
Agency, local
prisons
Prevention of
violent
radicalisation of
inmates;
promotion of
disengagement;
Inter-national
Professionals
working in
prisons,
inmates and
stakeholders
National
Professionals
working with
young people,
Prison officers
and civil
servants in the
Criminal
Sanctions
Agency
facilitation
reintegration into
society by training
the staff; mapping
the needs and
best practices;
rehabilitation of
inmates; creating
new agreements
Radical
Web
2018-2021 Save the Children
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Civic education:
educating adults
working with the
young to
recognise
radicalisation on
the internet
EXIT
(Police)
2018present
Police, CSOs
especially
youth workers
Integrative:
helping an
individual to
break free from
radical thought
and practice; cooperating with the
field of
organisations of
the exit activities
National
Individuals
(especially
people who
have had
connections to
organised
crime, and
people wanting
to cut loose
from a radical
ideology)
SAFE
STADI
2017-2018 Youth workers of
city of Helsinki
Outreach youth
work; promoting
equality
Local (in area
of Helsinki)
Youth
Depolarize1 &
2
2018-2023 Miriam
Attias, Koneen sä
ätiö
Generates
understanding of
polarisation and a
strategy for that
with officials
National,
brings ideas
from the
Nether-lands
to Finland
Officials
2x3 yr funding
EXITprogramme of
Diakonialaitos
2020present
Muvenna
2021present
Diakonialaitos
(NGO)
Integrative:
therapy, integrati
on into Finnish
society;
educative:
informing the
stakeholders;
Investigative:
mapping the best
practices
The Forum of
Young Muslims
(NGO)
Integrative:
Supporting
youth in practical
matters,
discussion
assistance;
(funding
ensured
until
summer
2021)
civic education:
training for
authorities, youth
organisations and
the community
Individuals
(voluntary
people
wanting to cut
loose
from a radical
ideology);
stakeholders
Local (area of Individuals and
Turku)
groups (16-19
year-old
immigrant and
Muslim youth
affected by
violent
extremism or
at risk of
radicalisation),
families of the
young,
stakeholders
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