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Vilhelm Junnila had been under scrutiny over the past week for his apparent enthusiasm for far-right ideology - even as more troubling pictures are coming to light.
The incoming economy minister has addressed a rally organised by neo-Nazis, while the Speaker of Parliament has a decades-long track record of race-related court convictions and deeply disturbing blog postings.
Adolf Hitler praised Finnish military prowess, especially during the Winter War, but historians say his words were intended to encourage Finland to continue to fight alongside Germany.
A convoy filled by a radical right-wing fringe descended on Helsinki on Friday, but other protests this week in Finland also show rising levels of frustration at what they see as a government slow to allow society to open up again.