Kurikka was a Finnish language socialist publication headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.
It was started as a labor newspaper in 1904, but then was relaunched as an illustrated satirical magazine which was in circulation until 1954.
[1] The magazine employed the Old Helsinki slang in the satirical materials.
[5] However, before the civil war in Finland in 1918 the magazine declared its enemies as bourgeoisie, capitalists and gentlemen.
[5] At the end of the civil war the magazine's affiliation changed in that Kurikka became closer to the Social Democratic Party in 1923 due to the split in the labor movement.