The Skinhead International: Finland
There are Skinhead groups in several Finnish cities -
Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Lahti, Oulu, Pori - with a
membership of between 10 and 50 in each.
Asked for a view of Finland's Skinhead scene in 1992, a member
of the Finnish Skin band Mistreat spoke of "a relatively
strong scene" in the major cities, "at least a few hundred
people who are real Skinheads and many more with a similar
attitude."
On the 12th of November, 1992, police arrested a small group
of Skinheads for smashing the windows of the Jewish synagogue
in Turku. A year later a Finnish Skinhead was quoted in the
British skinzine Last Chance bragging that Skinheads had
attacked refugee centers in Helsinki and in Tampere, and that
the movement had "gathered new members fast."
In Helsinki, a Skinhead group fired the editor of its
magazine, Skullhead-Skinhead, for having written articles
condemning Nazi crimes against humanity. As of late 1993,
there were skinzines published in at least two Finnish cities,
Pori and Vantaa. (Anti-Defamation League, 30)
Anti-Defamation League. The Skinhead International: A Worldwide
Survey of Neo-Nazi Skinheads. New York: Anti-Defamation League,
1995. Anti-Defamation League, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY
10017.
Disclaimer: not all skinheads are neo-nazis or white
supremacists. There are many skinheads who are non- or anti-racist, and
who come from a variety of different religious and cultural backgrounds.
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the traditional, non-racist skinhead subculture and are not the
perpetrators of the hate crimes discussed here.
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perpetrators of hate crimes and participants in racist organizations.
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