Karjalan Liitto

[1] The association was established by Karelian local governments, parishes and provincial organizations on 20 April 1940, immediately after the Winter War.

[2] The Karelian Association has close ties to the Finnish government and the European Union.

The organization had an official magazine Karjala Lehti, which stopped being published in September 2022, but there are plans to restart printing in 2023.

[3] In 2023, Karjalan Liitto was contacted by a Karelian nationalist organisation, which wanted to cooperate with the movement in order to return Karelia back to Finland.

[4] Some members of Karjalan Liito supported a peaceful return of Karelia, but as of 2023, the movement is against border changes with Russia.