Swedish Activists Vandalize Finland’s Parliament Building; Finnish Elokapina Shares the Responsibility

By admin On Sep 25, 2024

The activists were on a mission to make the nation know that, according to a statement from the Elokapina climate activist group, “the Finnish government received €450 million from the EU to cut peat production, but at the same time it is expanding its operations to Sweden.” The solution? Activists from across the border arrived in Finland. With fire extinguishers and red paint.

Sweat pours down the forehead of the poor man in the hot black suit who’s been called in to pressure wash the red paint off the columns of the Parliament Building on early Wednesday morning.

Less than an hour before, the police arrested ten activists for spraying red paint on the columns with powder extinguishers. A video posted on social media by the Swedish wetland conservation group Återställ Våtmarker, filmed from a drone above the steps of the building, is a disgrace to democracy.

There they stand and spray; the columns turn bloody red. And they all are likely foreigners, for Christ’s sake!

15 seconds into the video, Parliament security arrives and gently leads the activists away from the columns, advising them to sit down.

“The security acted like gentlemen,” said a tourist from China who observed the incident further away on Mannerheimintie. “In Hong Kong, they would have ‘pushed a little harder.’”

The demonstrators seemed used to sitting down. According to media reports, “they didn’t resist.” When Finland Today shortly after received a statement from Elokapina climate activists that the “protest” was done in cooperation between activist groups, this is hardly news. Yours truly once spent a night observing Elokapina camping in tents on Mannerheimintie under police surveillance. I’ve seen them stuffed into buses and sent to police prisons in masses. Know this, dear reader, these boys and girls and pimps are not shy to spend a little time in detention.

Hard to say about Swedes, but in Finland, especially in the big cities, the police act quickly. After a few minutes of sitting the activists were taken away and may now face charges of aggravated damage, which can lead to up to four years in prison.

Elokapina spokeswoman Valpuri Nykänen, 27, didn’t seem worried when she spoke to Finland Today shortly after the paint job.

“The paint comes off really easily,” she said. “It’s water-based.”