Kerjäläisten valtakunta (The Kingdom of Beggars) is a 1985 album by the Finnish rock band Dingo.

[3] The album sold more copies than its predecessor Nimeni on Dingo and successor Pyhä klaani put together.

[4]: 370  According to the band's leading member Pertti "Neumann" Nieminen, it was easy to write new material for the album.

During the time of recording, the so-called "Dingo hysteria" was at its peak and hundreds of fans set up camp outside the studio.

The album also included the track Autiotalo published in the previous September, which proved to be Dingo's final breakthrough.

This caused many boys and men to try to keep the fact that they liked the album as a secret, despite some of the tracks (in particular Valkoiset tiikerit and Rio ohoi) sounding more like heavy metal or rock and roll than romantic ballads appealing to girls.

After listening to a pre-release version of the album on cassette tape at a hotel room in Morocco Riipinen became so enamoured of the band's music that his emotional reactions kept Norres awake at night.

[2]: 17  Lasse Norres has later speculated that the local men thought the band members with their heavy make-up were women.

Norres had to explain to the police that this was a famous rock'n'roll band from Finland that had come to Morocco for a photoshoot for their new album.

According to Lasse Norres, these special measures were made in such a hurry that there was no time to even check the band's luggage or their passports.

label of the record company Finnlevy on vinyl, compact disc and cassette tape.

In 2022 the Finnish record store Levykauppa Äx published a new vinyl edition of the album, limited to 300 copies, under its own label "Lipposen levy ja kasetti".