Niilo Rauvala
Niilo Vilho Rauvala (15 June 1883 Karkku - 24 April 1956) was a Finnish engineer and the chairman of the far-right Lalli Alliance of Finland and the Nazi Party of Finnish Labor in the 1930s and 1940s.[1][2]
Biography
Rauvala's parents were farmer Reinhold Rauvala and Selma Junttila. He attended Turku Technical School and graduated as an engineer from Tampere University of Technology in 1915. Rauvala was employed by the State Railways from 1903 to 1915 and after that he worked at Lokomo Oy from 1916 to 1917 and at agricultural shop Hankkija from 1917 to 1921. Rauvala founded the Inventors' Patent Office in 1926 and in 1944 the Finnish Patent Office to continue its operations. He was also the director of Engineer Agency Ltd and since 1935 was member of the Executive Board of Kullervo-factories. During the war years 1939–1944, Rauvala was employed by the General Staff of the Defense Forces.[3][4]
In the summer of 1918, Rauvala was elected to a three-member committee that prepared for the establishment of the right-wing socialist Social Democratic Reform Party of Finland.[5] On the basis of the preparations, the Socialist Labor Party was formed in June 1919 , and Rauvala was elected to the five-member party committee. [6]
In 1929 Rauvala was elected the chairman of
Rauvala was the vice-chairman of the Free Workers' Union in the early 1930s and in 1932 he became the chairman of the newly formed Rightist-Workers' and Peasants' Party. This party later used the names Party of Finnish Labor and the New Finnish Party. Rauvala also served as the editor-in-chief of the party's magazine Vapaa Suomi (Free Finland). In 1933, the Party of Finnish Labor published a Finnish edition of the
In 1949–1951, Rauvala also had two new parties, the names of which were the Middle Class Party and the Finnish People's Party. The latter party emphasized opposition to Swedish language and its candidate list included Professor Emeritus Iivari Leiviskä. Former Patriotic People's Movement members were involved in the activities.[9] Later, Rauvala participated in the elections as a candidate for the Finnish People's Party.[10]
Niilo Rauvala married Hellin Laitinen in 1921. They had two children.
Rauvala was a member of the board of the Finnish
Works
- Moottorivetäjien käytön kannattavaisuudesta. Keskusosuusliike Hankkija, Helsinki 1920
- Koneet ja maatalous eli satotulokset kaksinkertaisiksi. 1 osa, Maanmuokkauskoneet. Otava 1928
- Suomalaisten keksintöjen merkitys talouselämässämme, eripainos Forum 10. Helsinki 1936
References
- ^ Niilo Rauvalan Kansaneläkelaitoksen-henkilökortti Astia-tietokanta.
- ^ ISBN 952-10-3015-1. online version
- ^ Pörssitieto G. Kock : Täydennystietoja keräilyosakekirjojen luetteloon O–R : Rauvala ja Kumpp.
- ^ Kuka kukin on 1954 (Projekt Runeberg)
- ^ V. K.: Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Uudistuspuolue. Alkuvalmistukset. Työn Valta, 4.7.1918.
- ^ Puoluekokouksemme. Työn Valta, 12.6.1919
- ^ Uola, Mikko: ”Lalliliitto - poliittinen mörkö vai Lapuan liikkeen edelläkävijä?”, Historiallinen aikakauskirja 77. Helsinki: Suomen historian ystäväin liitto & Suomen historiallinen seura, 1979. ISSN 0018-2362.
- ^ Roselius, Aapo & Silvennoinen, Oula & Tikka, Marko: Suomalaiset fasistit. Helsinki: WSOY, 2016. ISBN 978-951-04013-2-3.
- ^ Tommi Kotonen: Politiikan juoksuhaudat – Äärioikeistoliikkeet Suomessa kylmän sodan aikana, s. 78–79, 259. Atena, Jyväskylä 2018.
- ^ Niilo Rauvalan vaalimainos (maksullinen artikkeli) Helsingin Sanomat 2.7.1951, HS Aikakone.
- ^ Tien varrelta. Teosofi, 01.05.1927, nro 5-6, s. 47. Kansalliskirjasto