List of Social Democratic Party (Finland) breakaway parties

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Since the founding of Social Democratic Party of Finland in 1899 it has seen a steady number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway organisations have thrived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others have merged with the parent party or other political parties

YearPartyLeaderStatus
1918 Communist Party of Finland [1] Yrjö Sirola defunct
1920 Socialist Workers' Party of Finland [2] August Raatikainen defunct
1959 Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders [3] [4] Emil Skog defunct
1973 Socialist Workers Party [5] Pentti Waltzer defunct
1998 Reform Group [6] [7] Risto Kuisma defunct

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