Valkoisten Voitonparaati

The parade was presided by General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the then Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defense Forces, a position he would resign from 14 days later.

[5] It is regarded today as a political show of force organized by Mannerheim to strengthen his position vis-à-vis the German troops in the country.

[7] In early April, troops from the Imperial German Army took the capital, leaving the whites to control southern Finland.

The parade of the White Guards began from the street that is now known as Mannerheimintie, with General Mannerheim and his staff were riding in front on horseback.

Chairman of the Senate Pehr Evind Svinhufvud and General Mannerheim inspected the troops and then delivered speeches to those attending.

After a service held in the Church of Nicholas (now the Helsinki Cathedral), Mannerheim and members of the new government inspected the parade troops near a statue of Finland-Swedish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg in Pohjoisesplanadi.

The White Guards Band during the parade.
The parade procession on Senate Square in front of the University of Helsinki City Centre Campus .
General Mannerheim marching in front of Stockmann department store. Photograph by Gunnar Lönnqvist .