The name derives from the Old English ƿitena ȝemōt, or witena gemōt, for "meeting of wise men".
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In 1932 the Lapua Movement attempted a coup d'état, aiming at the exclusion of Social Democrats from political power, but the Conservative President Svinhufvud maintained his democratic government.
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Parliamentarism was (re-)introduced by Svinhufvud's successor Kyösti Kallio in 1937.
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