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=== Finland === The Nazi group [[Finnish People's Organisation]] had circulated an unofficial translation since at least 1934.<ref>Ekholm, Kai: ''Kielletyt kirjat 1944–1946. Yleisten kirjastojen kirjapoistot vuosina 1944–1946''. Väitöskirja, Oulun yliopisto. Jyväskylä: Things to come, 2000. {{ISBN|951-8908-03-6}}.</ref> One of Finland's largest publishing companies, [[Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö]], was granted publishing rights to ''Mein Kampf'' after the Winter War in 1940, and Lauri Hirvensalo was approved as a translator by a German publishing house after WSOY confirmed his "Aryan" ancestry. In 1941–1944, 32,000 copies of the book were sold, a large number in Finland, and professor [[Veikko Antero Koskenniemi]] wrote a glowing review of the book for ''[[Uusi Suomi]]'' newspaper.<ref>Jarl Hellemann: ''Kustantajan näkökulma: kirjoituksia kirjallisuuden reunalta'', p. 236–238. Helsinki: Otava, 1999. {{ISBN|951-1-16145-8}}.</ref> In the 2000s, a group called ''Nordic Heritage'' reprinted Mein Kampf. This edition was funded by department store tycoon and Holocaust denier [[Juha Kärkkäinen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/853ed8ec-8afc-4b22-a027-37adbd84f7e6/content|work=[[Vartija]]|date=17 February 2025|title=Vihapuhe Antisemitismi|page=67}}</ref> In the 2020s, the Kielletyt Kirjat ('Banned Books') publishing company, linked to the neo-Nazi group [[Nordic Resistance Movement]] published new editions of the 1941 translations of ''Mein Kampf'', and it has been sold in department stores in Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-12251767|title=Hitlerin Taisteluni-kirjan kritiikitön versio vedettiin pois myynnistä verkkokaupoista – S-ryhmän mukaan kirjan myyminen oli erehdys|work=[[Yleisradio]]|date=2 June 2024|access-date=2 June 2024|archive-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603132814/https://yle.fi/a/3-12251767|url-status=live}}</ref> Pseudonymous Thomas Dalton, suspected of being a researcher in [[University of Helsinki]] has also republished Mein Kampf in the 2020s.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Demokraatti]]|url=https://demokraatti.fi/helsingin-yliopiston-tutkija-mukana-antisemitismiskandaalissa-epaillaan-netin-vihankylvajahahmoksi|date=23 March 2025|title=Helsingin yliopiston vieraileva tutkija mukana antisemitismiskandaalissa: epäillään netin vihankylväjähahmoksi}}</ref>
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