Ilkka (newspaper)

Ilkka was a Finnish morning newspaper published in Seinäjoki, Finland from 1906 to 2020.

Ilkka was established in Vaasa in 1906 as an independent newspaper.

[1] The name may be a reference to Jaakko Ilkka, a 16th-century rebellion leader in the Cudgel War, but this is unconfirmed.

[3] Ilkka later became a supporter of the Centre Party and remained as such until 1997 when it declared its independence.

[5] In September 2019 it was announced Ilkka and Pohjalainen would be merged into a single newspaper, known as Ilkka-Pohjalainen, starting from 30 January 2020.