[1] SKSL received support from, among others, the Free Workers' Union, from which a group led by Einar Lindholm split.
Ruutu was attracted to fascism by the promise of removing class conflict and an economic theory that puts the "national whole" first.
However, this was no obstacle to joining for prominent Finnish orthodox Nazis such as Yrjö Raikas and Ensio Uoti and party members were later recruited to the Waffen SS.
Of the contemporary European Fascists and Nazis who presented similar ideas, Ruutu's thinking differed, for example, in that he supported parliamentarism and did not believe in establishing a dictatorship.
[10] The party demanded the nationalization of large companies and other assets vital for national interests, a self-sufficient planned economy and parliament controlled by trade unions, the appointment of technocrats to ministers, the removal of Swedish as an official language of Finland and the removal of Swedish-language education from universities.
[12] Member of the board of the party Heikki Waris later became Minister of Social Affairs in Von Fieandt Cabinet.