Kansan Lehti (Finnish: People’s Newspaper) was a social democratic newspaper published in Tampere[1] from 1898 until 1991.
[2] In the early period it was a handwritten publication and had a socialist political stance.
[1] During this period it came out six times per week and sold nearly 10,000 copies.
[1] Over time the paper became affiliated with the Social Democratic Party.
[2] One of its financial managers was Vihtori Kosonen who began to serve in the post in 1906.