Agrarian League

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The Agrarian League was a Finnish political party representing rural and farming interests that later evolved into the Centre Party.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Agrarian League canonical 6
Farmers' League 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
activeIn 20th century
aimedTo promote rural welfare
protect farmers’ economic interests
reduce regional disparities
alsoKnownAs Maalaisliitto
color green
yellow
coreConstituency independent farmers
smallholders
country Finland
electoralStrength strong in eastern Finland
strong in northern Finland
strong in rural municipalities
emphasized cooperatives
decentralization
local self-government
hasSuccessorIdeology centrism
historicalSignificance major force in Finnish politics
ideology agrarianism
influenced Finnish agricultural policy
Finnish regional policy
languageOfName Finnish
operatedIn Grand Duchy of Finland
Finland
surface form: Republic of Finland
opposed urban dominance in politics
organizationalForm mass party
participatedIn Finnish parliamentary elections
policyFocus agriculture
regional equality
rural development
politicalFamily agrarian parties
politicalPosition centre
centre-right
politicalSystem multi-party system of Finland
predecessorOf Centre Party of Finland
surface form: Centre Party (Finland)
representedIn Parliament of Finland
represents farming interests
rural interests
successor Centre Party of Finland
surface form: Centre Party (Finland)
supportBase farmers
rural population
used cooperative movement networks
local branches
party newspapers

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lauri Kristian Relander memberOf Agrarian League
Kyösti Kallio politicalParty Agrarian League
Urho Kekkonen memberOfPoliticalParty Agrarian League
Finnish Rural Party originatedFrom Agrarian League
Centre Party formerName Agrarian League
subject surface form: Centre Party (Sweden)
this entity surface form: Farmers' League
Centre Party of Finland foundedAs Agrarian League