Fan Culture in Finland

[Eye of Ra]

How is the fan culture in Finland? Which club have the best fans?

Seems like there is friendship beetween Lå Ultras (Luleå Sweden) and Kärpät Ultras':

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[Albatros]

I suppose that depends on what you wish to emphasize, HIFK has the most credible claim to at least some ultra culture, albeit more so in soccer than in hockey. Still the most hardcore fans. Jokerit is not far behind should they return. Lukko has a devoted fanbase that shows up also when the team isn't doing so well which is not the case everywhere. Ilves and Tappara have the best rivalry and strongest local traditions. Kärpät has by far the largest territory if that's a thing.

 

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Rank from top to bottom
1. Ilves: Osasto 41
Clear winners currently in the finnish hockey fan scene and no other Liiga fan group comes close

Last derby in the Hakametsä rink

last game in Hakemetsä

2. KooKoo: Kuudes kenttäpelaaja
last season was really great
3. Lukko: Rauman boja
This fan group has definetly gone less active but i still respect this group

4. Tappara: Sinioranssit
Pretty bad regular season by them but they were ok in playoffs

5. Kärpät: Poromafia
They have usually been one of the best groups in the 2010s but this season they were only good on playoffs
6. Vaasan Sport: Red army
This fan group used to be the best in Finland but the scene in Vaasa has gone downhill in the last few years
7. HPK: HPK kannattajat
The group is quite active but they are small in numbers
8. HIFK: Stadin Kingit
They have at times good atmosphere but not very consistent
9. JYP: Hurrikaanisydän
They are quite active but they just play instruments like cowbells and drums

The rest don't really standout since they are so bad

 

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Some highlights from this year

Osasto 41 away in Vaasa

Poromafia or PM07 celebrated the 15th birthday of the supporters group

another tifo by PM07

HPK kannattajat celebrating the return of Hietanen with a tifo

Mustaverkosto with a tifo saying: Lets return springs games to Kuopio

TPS kannattajat celebrating 100th birthday of TPS

 

[jhutter]

What’s the general hockey culture like in Finland? Seems fairly comparable to Canada, or at least the most comparable to Canada that I’ve seen. Every so often I stumble upon someone from Finland on Instagram (normally car related, fishing or outdoor photography related) and quite often they’ll have photos of playing hockey or being at a hockey game.

 

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What’s the general hockey culture like in Finland? Seems fairly comparable to Canada, or at least the most comparable to Canada that I’ve seen. Every so often I stumble upon someone from Finland on Instagram (normally car related, fishing or outdoor photography related) and quite often they’ll have photos of playing hockey or being at a hockey game.

Hockey is definetly the biggest sport in Finland culturally. Club wise the finnish hockey league is way more popular than the finnish football league and the national team can get 2 million television viewers when Finland is in the IIHF world championship playoffs. Newspapers get way more views from Patrik Laines private life than Teemu Pukki(Basically the best football player from Finland).

 

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400 TPS supporters in Tampere. Also Ilves has 400 supporters signed up for a away trip in Pori

 

[Albatros]

Hockey is definetly the biggest sport in Finland culturally. Club wise the finnish hockey league is way more popular than the finnish football league and the national team can get 2 million television viewers when Finland is in the IIHF world championship playoffs. Newspapers get way more views from Patrik Laines private life than Teemu Pukki(Basically the best football player from Finland).

Though it's worth noting that especially English Premier League soccer clubs are huge in the Nordic countries the way even NHL franchises don't come close to.

 

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Osasto 41 away in Pori

 

[Phenomenon]

Osasto 41 away in Pori

This was really fantastic. Over 60 minutes chanting without a pause. I would say that there were altogether over 1200 fans from Tampere.

 

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SIKA SIKA SIKA SIKA

Is all that needs to be said

 

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Viikinkiveljet 5 years tifo

 

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Respect to Eteläpääty on supporting Jokerit u-20 team while the mens team does not play anywhere

 

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Respect to Eteläpääty on supporting Jokerit u-20 team while the mens team does not play anywhere

Those jerseys are sharp. Maybe I miss them in Liiga after all.

 

[Henkka]

What’s the general hockey culture like in Finland? Seems fairly comparable to Canada, or at least the most comparable to Canada that I’ve seen. Every so often I stumble upon someone from Finland on Instagram (normally car related, fishing or outdoor photography related) and quite often they’ll have photos of playing hockey or being at a hockey game.

You can compare Finland to Canada as hockey-only country.

And Sweden is more like United states, there's other sports people are interested.

 

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Osasto 41 away in Vaasa