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The Left Youth
Vasemmistonuoret
Chairperson Li Andersson Founded 1944 Headquarters Helsinki, Finland Mother party Left Alliance European affiliation European Network of Democratic Young Left (ENDYL) Magazine Libero Website http://vasemmistonuoret.fi/ The Left Youth (Vasemmistonuoret in Finnish, Vänsterunga in Swedish) is a political youth organization in Finland. It is considered the youth wing of the Left Alliance, but it is not officially affiliated with the party - members of the Left Youth are not automatically members of the Left Alliance.
The organization was founded in 1944. Until 1998, it was known as the Finnish Democratic Youth League (SDNL, Suomen demokraattinen nuorisoliitto) and until 1990 it served as the youth organization of the now-defunct Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). SDNL was a founding member of World Federation of Democratic Youth, but now its main international frame is European Network of Democratic Young Left.
In 2005, Jussi Saramo was chosen as the organisation's chair after Paavo Arhinmäki left the post. Arhinmäki had been the Left Youth's chair since 2001.
In 2009, Dan Koivulaakso was chosen as the organisation's chair. In 2011 he was followed by Li Andersson.
External links
Catalonia: Joves d’Esquerra Verda • Denmark: Socialistisk UngdomsFront • Estonia: Estonian Left Party Youth • Finland: Vasemmistonuoret • France: Jeunes Communistes • Germany: Linksjugend ['solid], JungdemokratInnen/Junge Linke • Greece: Synaspismós • Ireland: Ógra Shinn Féin • Iceland: Ung Vinstre Graen • Latvia: Social Democratic Youth Organization • Macedonia: Young Socialists of Macedonia • Moldova: Komsomol • Norway: Sosialistisk Ungdom • Poland: Mlodzi Socjalisci • Spain: Izquierda Unida • Turkey: Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi
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