Social Democratic Party of Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland

*Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue*
*Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti*
Social Democratic Party of Finland Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue; Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti
Abbreviation	sd
Chairperson	Antti Lindtman
Secretary	Mikkel Näkkäläjärvi
General Secretary	Kari Anttila
Parliamentary group leader	Tytti Tuppurainen
First deputy chair	Nasima Razmyar
Second deputy chair	Niina Malm
Third deputy chair	Matias Mäkynen
Founded	20 July 1899
Headquarters	Siltasaarenkatu 18–20 C, 00530 Helsinki
Newspaper	Demokraatti
Think tank	Kalevi Sorsa -säätiö
Student wing	Social Democratic Students
Youth wing	Social Democratic Youth
Women's wing	Social Democratic Women in Finland
Children’s wing	Nuoret Kotkat
Membership (2021)	29,450
Ideology	Social democracy ; Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance; Socialist International
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Nordic affiliation	SAMAK; The Social Democratic Group
Colours	Red
Anthem	Työväen marssi
Parliament	43 / 200
European Parliament	2 / 14
Municipality councils	1,449 / 8,999
County seats	275 / 1,379
Website
	sdp.fi
	Politics of Finland; Political parties; Elections;

The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, Finnish: Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue [ˈsuo̯men ˈsosiɑ(ː)liˌdemokrɑːtːinen ˈpuo̯lue], nicknamed: demarit in Finnish, Swedish: Finlands socialdemokratiska parti; member abbreviation sd) is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third largest party in the Parliament of Finland with 43 seats.

Founded in 1899 as the Workers' Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen työväenpuolue; Swedish: Finlands arbetarparti), the SDP is Finland's oldest active political party and has a close relationship with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. It is also a member of the Party of European Socialists, Progressive Alliance, Socialist International and SAMAK.

Following the resignation of Antti Rinne in December 2019, Sanna Marin became the country's 46th Prime Minister. SDP formed a new coalition government on the basis of its predecessor, in effect continuing cooperation with the Centre Party, the Green League, the Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party. Seven of the Finnish government its nineteen ministers are SDP members.

In September 2023, Antti Lindtman was elected leader of the party following Marin's resignation after the 2023 election.

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