I am Nico Anton Saramo, a 1990 born Finnish nationalist and traditionalist activist. I live in Mäntsälä, a rural municipality 50 kilometers north from the Finnish capital city Helsinki. I study history in the University of Helsinki.
I am a member of Suomen Sisu, a Finnish nationalist movement; Suomalaisuuden Liitto (Association of Finnish Culture and Identity), an organization for the cherising of Finnish culture and identity and the Finnish language; and the Akateemisen Karjala-Seuran perinneyhdistys, an heritage association of the Academic Karelia Society, a university student nationalist organization active from 1922 until its disbanding in 1944 on the order of the Allied Control Commission in Finland.
I held the speech in honour of the occasion in the annual 612 Independence Day Torchlight Procession in 2017, a central independence day event of the modern nationalist movement in Finland. I was a speaker in April 2018 in the first Awakening Conference, an ethno-nationalist conference in Finland, alongside speakers such as Jared Taylor (American Renaissance) from the United States and Ruuben Kaalep (Sinine Äratus) from Estonia.
Regarding party politics, I am a member of The Finns Party, a christian social and nationalist political party, and The Finns Party Youth, the youth-wing of the Finns Party. I am the chairman of HAPSU, the student organization of The Finns Party Youth in Helsinki Area. I have been a candidate in the municipal elections of 2017, running as a Finns Party candidate for the Council of Mäntsälä; in the 2018 elections of the Representative Council of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki as a HAPSU candidate; an independent candidate in 2018 for the Church Council of Mäntsälä in the parish elections of the Lutheran State Church of Finland; I was also nominated as a Finns Party candidate for the Uusimaa regional council in 2018, but the elections were cancelled.
If you are interested in hearing more about Finnish nationalism from the inside, I’m happy to exchange experiences and thoughts among other nationalists. You can contact me via social media or e-mail. My contact information can be found here. If you were to visit Finland, nationalist events I suggest to visit are:
- The annual 612 Independence Day Torchlight Procession, held on the Finnish independence day 6th of December since 2014. The event has begun from the Töölö Market Square (Töölöntori) in the evening, starting with a speech of a guest speaker, sharing of the torches at the market square (they are handed to all attendees for free) and, following the Flag of Finland carried by the flag carrier and the squadrons, followed by a march to the Hero Cross of the Hietaniemi Cemetary, surrounded by the graves of the fallen Finnish heroes of World War II. Candles are laid in front of the Hero Cross. Torchlight processions are a traditional Finnish independence day celebration. The 612 Independence Day Torchlight Procession declares as its only purpose to respect the work and sacrificies of the previous generations. It is meant for all patriotic Finns and can be attended by anyone, who respects the organizer’s wish to display the Flag of Finland as the only symbol, with no other banners or flags competing with it. No registrations are required.
- The Awakening Conference, an international nationalist conference held annually in Finland. It is the Finnish version of conferences such as the Etnofutur Conference, the Scandza Forum, the London Forum or the American Renaissance Conference. It has been held on April 2018 in Helsinki and April 2019 in Turku and will be held on April 2020. Former speakers include Jared Taylor, Timo Hännikäinen, Kevin MacDonald, Olena Semenyaka (Azov/National Corps, Ukraine), Greg Johnson (Counter-Currents) and Millenial Woes. The conference is organized by the online paper Sarastus and the YouTube channel Monokulttuuri FM. Registrations and questions to the organizers can be addressed to: [email protected].
- The 188 Kukkavirta Memorial Procession (“188 Stream of Flowers”), held annually in Turku in remembrance of the victims of the Islamic terrorist attack of Turku that took place in August 18th 2017. The event begins with a march to the River Aura, where a guest speaker helds a memorial speech, continued with the attendees of the event lowering their flowers in the river for the stream to carry them on. The event is organized by the association Kansallismielisten Liittouma (“The Nationalist League”) and requires no registration.