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| Type | Magazine |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-chief | Erkki Räikkönen |
| Founded | 1939; 86 years ago (1939) |
| Ceased publication | 1943; 82 years ago (1943) |
| Political alignment | Nazism |
| Language | Finnish language |
| Country | Finland |
Kustaa Vaasa was a political magazine in Finland. Behind the publication of the journal wereGunnar von Hertzen,Erkki Räikkönen and Martti Mustakallio. The journal was in Finnish language and idolized Nazism. The editor-in-chief of the magazine was Erkki Räikkönen throughout its publication. Contributors includedBertel Gripenberg, Matti Jaakkola,Gunnar Lindqvist and Olavi Linnove. TheBlue Cross formed around the magazine.[1]
Kustaa Vaasa was named afterGustav Vasa, king of Sweden from 1523 to 1560.Kustaa Vaasa was formed with the intent of unifying all non-socialists in Finland, and had relatively civil tone, compared to aggressive and virulent antisemitism of theSiniristi.Kustaa Vaasa wanted to form a "white front", harkening back to the days of the civil war, when "Whites" worked across party lines to defeat the socialists. However, despite the reconciliatory tone, overtures to the conservatives and strong anti-socialism,Kustaa Vaasa described itself as openly "National Socialist" and maintained active contacts with the German Nazis. Räikkönen also traveled in 1940 toGerman-occupied Norway where he metFranz Walther Stahlecker, leader of theSicherheitspolizei and theSicherheitsdienst.[2][3][4]Kustaa Vaasa also advocatedFinnish irredentism, Greater Finland and pan-Finno-Ugrism (Finnish:Heimoaate).[5]
Despite being comparatively restrained when compared toSiniristi andTyörintama that pushed for a "final solution" to theJewish Question, the magazine still advocated for "purifying the country of jewish merchantilism" and making citizenship dependent on racial-biological statement by "experts". Lindqvist wrote inKustaa Vaasa how the local Jewish people had pushed England and the United States to side with the Soviet Union: "From behind the satanic, cold and calculated plot steps out the Judas' face of global political Judaism and the jingle of the traitors' bloody silver coins carries over the oceans."[6]