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“Young Finn, you have already awakened, so arise!” Mobilising keyboard warriors to combatants through Finnish active club Telegram channels Cover

“Young Finn, you have already awakened, so arise!” Mobilising keyboard warriors to combatants through Finnish active club Telegram channels

Open Access
|May 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Screenshot from C8’s recruitment video Comments: Per sonal features that might compromise an individual’s identity are blurred for the purposes of this research. (C8-071023)

Figure 2

Screenshot from C8’s recruitment video Comments: (C8-071023)

Figure 3

VL member exercising Comments: (VL-060521)

Figure 4

C8 logo Comments: (C8-220924)

Figure 5

VL logo Comments: (VL-Channel-info)

Figure 6

Screenshot from ACF’s recruitment video Comments: ACF’s photo shows a figure dressed in black with a covered face making a white-supremacist hand sign. The accompanying caption reads: “Young Finn, you have already awakened, so arise!” (ACF-170824)

Figure 7

Indoor MMA training session depicted in ACF’s post Comments: Adolf Hitler’s quote elaborating on the connection between body, mind, and National Socialism. (ACF-200424)

Figure 8

A screenshot from a ACF’s advertisement video for the Suomi Herää Independence Day Black Bloc Comments: The 36-second black-and-white video features a text: “There are intruders on our borders again, we do not want them here! Do you? If not… Join us on 6.12. in Helsinki”. (ACF-251123)

Figure 9

Finnish RWE combat sports milieu at Hietaniemi Heroes’ Cemetery in Helsinki on Independence Day Comments: Although only ACF’s banner is visible, the image also includes several members wearing balaclavas with the C8 logo. (ACF-081224)

Figure 10

White Boy Summer Fest poster Comments: The poster shows VL’s logo in the upper right corner among the organisers. C8 and ACF logos are not featured in these or other posters. (VL-060624)

Figure 11

C8’s post with an excerpt from a RAC song Comments: The lyrics featured in the post are translated by the author as follows:“When you call, I will even give my life when the end is near. But there will be no perfect moment in the battle of ideologies; when you act as a fierce fighter, the necessary sacrifice is an active life … not death”. (C8-271123)

Breakdown of posts and post types in selected Telegram channels

ChannelTotal PostsText-onlyPictures onlyVideos onlyAudio onlyMixed content
ACF125874799
VL8510131061
C835110132

Time span and posting frequencies of the three Telegram channels

ChannelTime spanAvg. posts / month
ACF14 July 2022 – 09 December 20244.32
VL16 February 2020 – 01 December 20241.48
C830 September 2023 – 09 December 20242.44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2026-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 79 - 106
Published on: May 15, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2026 Katri-Maaria Kyllönen, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.