Social Democratic Party of Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland
Sosialidemokraatit (Finnish)
Socialdemokraterna (Swedish)
AbbreviationSDP
Sd.
ChairpersonAntti Lindtman
SecretaryMikkel Näkkäläjärvi
Parliamentary group leaderTytti Tuppurainen
First deputy chairNasima Razmyar
Chair of the party councilPiia Elo
Founded20 July 1899 (1899-07-20)
HeadquartersSiltasaarenkatu 18–20C, 00530 Helsinki
NewspaperDemokraatti
Think tankKalevi Sorsa Foundation
Student wingSocial Democratic Students
Youth wingSocial Democratic Youth
Women's wingSocial Democratic Women in Finland
Children's wingNuoret Kotkat
Swedish-speaking wingFinlands Svenska Socialdemokrater
Membership (2021) 29,450
IdeologySocial democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International
Nordic affiliationSAMAK
The Social Democratic Group
Union affiliateCentral Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
Colours  Red
AnthemTyöväen marssi
Eduskunta
43 / 200
European Parliament
2 / 15
Municipalities
1,699 / 8,586
County seats
321 / 1,379
Website
sdp.fi

The Social Democratic Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsuo̯men ˈsosiɑ(ː)liˌdemokrɑːtːinen ˈpuo̯lue], SDP, nicknamed: demarit in Finnish; Swedish: Finlands socialdemokratiska parti, SD) is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third-largest party in the Parliament of Finland with a total of 43 seats.

Founded in 1899 as the Workers' Party of Finland (Finnish: Suomen työväenpuolue; Swedish: Finlands arbetarparti), the SDP is Finland's oldest active political party and has a close relationship with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. It is also a member of the Party of European Socialists, Progressive Alliance and Socialist International.

Following the resignation of Antti Rinne in December 2019, Sanna Marin became the country's 46th prime minister. The SDP formed a new coalition government on the basis of its predecessor, the Rinne Cabinet, in effect continuing its cooperation with the Centre Party, Green League, Left Alliance and Swedish People's Party. Of the nineteen ministerial spots that were decided upon in conjunction, seven of them were designated to the SDP in the Marin Cabinet. In September 2023, Antti Lindtman was elected as leader of the party following Marin's resignation after the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election.