Finnlands Lebensraum

Finnlands Lebensraum is a 1941 Finnish propaganda book which was published to support the Greater Finland ideology. It was written by geographer Väinö Auer, historian Eino Jutikkala and ethnographer Kustaa Vilkuna who worked for the Finland's state propaganda and information department. National Socialist ideas were later added to the script by Yrjö von Grönhagen, a Finnish military attaché in Berlin.[1]

Finnlands Lebensraum
AuthorVäinö Auer
Eino Jutikkala
Kustaa Vilkuna
CountryFinland / Germany
LanguageGerman
GenrePropaganda
PublisherAlfred Metzner Verlag, Berlin
Publication date
1941
Pages154

Background
Map of the Greater Finland. Modern-day Finland and lands lost to the Soviet Union from 1940–1944 are in light blue. Greater Finland includes some or all of previous Finnish territory. The picture includes the borders of Finland under the Treaty of Tartu and the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties.
  East Karelia
  Estonia and Ingria
  Finland
  Kola
  Meänmaa
  Ruija

The idea of the book was to demonstrate scientifically that East Karelia and Ingermanland are a natural part of Finland by their geography, history and culture and to legitimize their integration into Finland after Germany's victory in World War II. The new eastern border of Finland was defined to begin from the Gulf of Finland and run via lakes Ladoga and Onega to Onega Bay in the White Sea. An unpublished adaptation of the book also featured the residential areas of Finnic Kvens in the Norwegian county of Finnmark.[1]

The original title of Finnlands Lebensraum was Das geographische und geschichtliche Finnland (The Geographic and Historic Finland) but it was changed by the German publisher to fit more into the Nazi ideology.[1]

See also

References
  1. Poikonen, Jaakko "Suur-Suomea perustamassa" Poleemi 4/2006, p. 24-27 (in Finnish). Retrieved November 12, 2013.
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