Finnish Centre Students

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Finnish Centre Students Keskustaopiskelijat (KOL)
Chairperson	Arttu Laaksonen
Founded	1937 (1937)
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Mother party	Finnish Centre Party
European affiliation	European Liberal Youth (Lymec)
Nordic affiliation	Nordic Center Youth
Website	keskustaopiskelijat.fi

Finnish Centre Students Finnish: Keskustaopiskelijat is one of the oldest political student organizations in Finland and the student wing of the Centre Party.

Famous ex-members include Chairman of Shell Jorma Ollila and one of the most well known Finnish politicians Paavo Väyrynen. Ex-president Urho Kekkonen was giving a speech in the founding event. Ex-Prime Minister Johannes Virolainen was the first Secretary General of the organisation.^[1]

From the current Centre Party's parliamentary group for example Katri Kulmuni, Petri Honkonen, Antti Kurvinen, Hilkka Kemppi and Anu Vehviläinen have been active members of the organisation during their studies.

Finnish Centre Students is a member of the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) ^[2] and Nordic Center Youth (NCF) ^[3]