Social Democratic Students (Finland)

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Social Democratic Students (Finnish : Sosialidemokraattiset Opiskelijat, abbr.SONK, nicknamed: Demariopiskelijat in Finnish) is the student organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Social Democratic Students
Sosialidemokraattiset Opiskelijat (SONK)
ChairpersonMari van den Berg
Founded1963 (1963)
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
Ideology Social democracy
Mother party Social Democratic Party of Finland
International affiliation International Union of Socialist Youth
European affiliation Young European Socialists
Website sonk.fi

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