Archive · 18 Dec 2025
Finland's Far-Right Party Reprimands MPs Over Racist Posts
Some politicians in Finland, who are part of a far-right party, posted pictures that made fun of how Asian people look.
This upset a lot of people, including other countries.
The politicians and a beauty pageant winner who started the trend said they were sorry.
The leader of Finland also apologized to Asian countries.
The party leaders said the pictures should not have been posted and the politicians were told off for doing it.
Finland's far-right Finns Party reprimanded two MPs for posting derogatory images targeting Asians.
The controversy started when Miss Finland, Sarah Dzafce, posted an image pulling back her eyes in a post captioned 'eating with a Chinese person'.
Two Finnish MPs and one European Parliament member from the Finns Party responded by posting similar images.
The Finns Party's parliamentary group chair, Jani Makela, stated that the photos should not have been published.
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo apologized to Asian nations through Finnish embassies in China, Japan, and South Korea.
- Who
- Finland's far-right Finns Party and its MPs Juho Eerola and Kaisa Garedew
- What
- Posting derogatory images targeting Asians, leading to reprimands and apologies
- When
- December 2023
- Where
- Finland
- Why
- The images were widely seen as offensive to Asians, causing a public outcry and diplomatic concern
- Involved Party
- Finns Party
- Involved MPs
- Juho Eerola, Kaisa Garedew
- Controversial Action
- Posting derogatory images targeting Asians
- Apologies Issued
- Yes, by MPs and Miss Finland title holder
- Government Response
- Prime Minister apologized to Asian nations
- Japanese Government Action
- Conveyed concern to Finnish government
- Miss Finland Title Holder
- Sarah Dzafce
- Date of Incident
- December 2023