Koijärvi Movement

A camp of the Koijärvi Movement during the morning of 21 April 1979. Ville Komsi and Irina Krohn, second and third from the right, would later become members of the Finnish parliament for the Green League.

Koijärvi Movement (Finnish: Koijärvi-liike) was an environmental movement that started in Finland in the spring of 1979. Its objective was to prevent the artificial draining of the lake Koijärvi near Forssa, an important bird habitat. The movement brought together previously fragmented, small circles of environmental activists to form a national movement. It eventually led to the formation of the political party the Green League.