Vihtori Kosola

Vihtori Iisakki Kosola (July 10, 1884-December 14, 1936) was a leader of the Finnish Lapua Movement.

Kosola was born in Ylihärmä. He took up farming and cattle-breeding.

Kosola is seen today as the father of modern Finnish Social Nationalism ([1])

Works

• Viimeistä Piirtoa Myöten, Lapua, 1935 (Memoirs)

References

• European Right: A Historical Profile edited by Hans Rogger and Eugen Weber, the "Finland" chapter by Marvin Rintala ISBN 1299090451 and ISBN 0520010809
• Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees, 1991, ISBN 0130893013

External links

• Brief biography
• THE CULT OF THE NORDIC SUPERMAN - BETWEEN THE PRE-MODERN AND THE MODERN by Niels Kayser Nielsen