Editing Conservatism (section)

==== Finland ====
The conservative party in Finland is the [[National Coalition Party]]. The party was founded in 1918, when several monarchist parties united. Although right-wing in the past, today it is a moderate liberal-conservative party. While advocating economic liberalism, it is committed to the [[social market economy]].{{sfn|Siaroff|2000|p=243}}

There has been strong [[Anti-Russian sentiment|anti-Russian]] and [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] sentiment in Finland due to its long history of being invaded and conquered by Russia and the Soviet Union.<ref>''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'', October 11, 2004, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311034013/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/International%2Bpoll%2BAnti-Russian%2Bsentiment%2Bruns%2Bvery%2Bstrong%2Bin%2BFinland/1076154202275 International poll: Anti-Russian sentiment runs very strong in Finland. Only Kosovo has more negative attitude]</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Jussi M. Hanhimäki |title=Containing Coexistence: America, Russia, and the "Finnish Solution" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OWfudYWUOt0C&pg=PA4 |year=1997 |page=4 |isbn=9780873385589 |publisher=Kent State UP}}</ref> In the [[Finnish Civil War]] of 1918, [[Whites (Finland)|White Finland]] defeated the leftist [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic|Red Finland]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xCJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 |title=The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy |date=2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28071-7 |page=166}}</ref> The [[Finnish Defence Forces]] and the paramilitary [[White Guard (Finland)|White Guard]], led by Baron [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], were assisted by the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Imperial Army]] at the request of the Finnish civil government. The far-right [[Lapua movement]] continued to terrorize communists in post-war Finland, but it was banned after [[Mäntsälä rebellion|a failed ''coup d'etat'' attempt]] in 1932.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Levitsky |first1=Steven |title=How Democracies Die |last2=Ziblatt |first2=Daniel |publisher=Crown |year=2018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwtFDwAAQBAJ |isbn=9781524762933}}</ref>