List of Political Catch Phrases - Finland

Finland

• "Kyllä kansa tietää" ("The public knows ") by Veikko Vennamo
• "Tuli iso jytky!" (Could be translated to "That was a huge hit!') and "Tänään on tilipäivä!" ("Today is payday!") by Timo Soini after the historical parliamental election victory of True Finns in April 2011
• "EU on rikkaiden oma Neuvostoliitto" (The European Union is the Soviet Union for rich people), Timo Soini.
• "Saatanan tunarit" ("Fucking morons") by president Urho Kekkonen, first said in a critical letter to the former governor of the Kymi district. Has since lived on among the Finnish people.

"Aivan aluksi haluaisin kiittää..." ("First of all, I would like to thank...") by Jutta Urpilainen of Social Democratic Party of Finland. She started many of her interviews with those words after the 2008 parliamentary elections. She used the phrase also after the 2011 elections as a joke.