Whether there was a threat of the extreme right coup d'état in Finland in 1927?
The article discusses the incident with the publication in «Politiken», the main press organ of the Communist Party of Sweden, the news of a coup d'état preparing by the Civil Guards in Finland. The publication caused a scandal, which called the special investigation and the judicial process. The author pays particular attention to the reaction to newspaper publication of leading political figures of Finland, President Relander, Prime-Minister Tanner, chief of detectives Riekki. Although the sensational news, by most accounts, was a communist's provocation, designed to work on their image, the events in 1927 became another step to strengthen the right-wing forces in Finland.