constitutional issues. Although it had agreed to establishing a republican form of government before the war, the party leadership now switched to supporting constitutional monarchy. Party leaders saw in a monarchy a bulwark against socialism and thought that the election of a German prince as a monarch would guarantee Germany's military support, but the plan failed when the First World War ended in a German capitulation. In December 1918, the party's supporters divided into two new parties, a majority going to the conservative, monarchist National Coalition Party and a minority to the liberal, republican National Progressive Party. Prominent party figures Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806-1881) Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830-1903) Johan Richard Danielson-Kalmari (1853-1933) Lauri Ingman (1868-1934) Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870-1956) References Finnish nationalism Defunct political parties in Finland Political parties disestablished in 1918 Political parties of the Russian Revolution Conservative parties in Finland