Finnish diplomatic missions
Finnish diplomatic missions

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Finland. Finland's foreign affairs ministry was established shortly after its independence in 1917. To encourage its international recognition and promote its frontier, trade and maritime interests, Finland had commissioned twelve missions abroad by the end of 1918. By the time of the Second World War broke out there were 20 Finnish embassies (of which four were outside Europe) and six consulates.[1] Today Finland has a streamlined diplomatic network that uses consulates sparingly.[2] In countries without Finnish representation, Finnish citizens can seek assistance from public officials in the foreign services of any of the other Nordic countries, in accordance with the Helsinki Treaty.[3][4]

Current missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Algeria Algiers Embassy Marja Joenusva [5]
 Egypt Cairo Embassy Pekka Kosonen
Countries:
 [5]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy Outi Holopainen
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [5]
 Kenya Nairobi Embassy Pirkka Tapiola
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [5]
 Morocco Rabat Embassy Pekka Hyvönen
Countries:
 [5]
 Mozambique Maputo Embassy Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen
Countries:
 [5]
 Namibia Windhoek Embassy Leena Viljanen
Countries:
 [5]
 Nigeria Abuja Embassy Leena Pylvänäinen
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [5][6]
 Senegal Dakar Embassy [5][7]
 South Africa Pretoria Embassy Anne Lammila
Countries:
 [5]
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy Riitta Swan
Countries:
 [5]
 Tunisia Tunis Embassy Pekka Hukka
Countries:
 [5]
 Zambia Lusaka Embassy Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury
Countries:
 [5]

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy Nicola Lindertz
Countries:
 [5]
 Brazil Brasília Embassy Jouko Leinonen [5]
São Paulo Consulate Lasse Keisalo [5]
 Canada Ottawa Embassy Roy Eriksson [5]
 Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy Eija Rotinen [5]
 Colombia Bogotá Embassy Jarmo Kuuttila
Countries:
 [5]
 Mexico Mexico City Embassy Päivi Pohjanheimo
Countries:
 [5]
 Peru Lima Embassy Jukka Pietikäinen
Countries:
 [5]
 United States Washington, D.C. Embassy Mikko Hautala
International Organizations:
 [5]
Los Angeles Consulate-General Stefan Lindström [5]
New York City Consulate-General Mika Koskinen [5]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 China Beijing Embassy Leena-Kaisa Mikkola
Countries:
 [5]
Hong Kong Consulate-General Johanna Karanko [5]
Shanghai Consulate-General Pasi Hellman [5]
 India New Delhi Embassy Ritva Koukku-Ronde
Countries:
 [5]
Mumbai Consulate-General [5]
 Indonesia Jakarta Embassy Jari Sinkari
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [5][8]
 Iran Tehran Embassy Kari Kahiluoto [5]
 Iraq Baghdad Embassy Matti Lassila [5]
 Israel Tel Aviv Embassy Kirsikka Lehto-Asikainen [5]
 Japan Tokyo Embassy Pekka Orpana
Countries:
 [5]
 Kazakhstan Astana Embassy Soili Mäkeläinen-Buhanist
Countries:
 [5]
 Lebanon Beirut Embassy Tarja Fernández
Countries:
 [5]
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy Sami Leino
Countries:
 [5]
 Myanmar Yangon Embassy Pekka Shemeikka
Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. 		[5]
   Nepal Kathmandu Embassy Pertti Anttinen [5]
 Pakistan Islamabad Embassy [5]
 Palestine Ramallah Representative Office Päivi Peltokoski [5]
 Philippines Manila Embassy Juha Pyykkö [5]
 Qatar Doha Embassy [5][7]
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy Antti Rytövuori
Countries:
 [5]
 Singapore Singapore Embassy Antti Vänskä [5]
 South Korea Seoul Embassy Pekka Metso
Countries:
 [5]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Trade Center Jari Seilonen [5]
 Thailand Bangkok Embassy Jyri Järviaho
Countries:
 [5]
 Turkey Ankara Embassy Ari Mäki [5]
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy Marianne Nissilä
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [5][9]
 Vietnam Hanoi Embassy Kari Kahiluoto
Countries:
 [5]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Austria Vienna Embassy Pirkko Hämäläinen
International Organizations:
 [5]
 Belarus Minsk Liaison office[e] Janne Heiskanen [5]
 Belgium Brussels Embassy Riitta Resch
Countries:
 [5]
 Bulgaria Sofia Embassy Kristiina Kuvaja-Xanthopoulos [5]
 Croatia Zagreb Embassy Kalle Kankaanpää
Countries:
 [5]
 Cyprus Nicosia Embassy Harri Mäki-Reinikka [5]
 Czechia Prague Embassy Jukka Pesola
Countries:
 [5]
 Denmark Copenhagen Embassy Harri Kämäräinen [5]
 Estonia Tallinn Embassy Timo Kantola [5]
 France Paris Embassy Teemu Tanner
Countries:
 [5]
 Germany Berlin Embassy Anne Sipiläinen [5]
 Greece Athens Embassy Jari Gustafsson
Countries:
 [5]
 Hungary Budapest Embassy Markku Virri
Countries:
 [5]
 Iceland Reykjavík Embassy Ann-Sofie Stude [5]
 Ireland Dublin Embassy Raili Lahnalampi [5]
 Italy Rome Embassy Pia Rantala-Engberg
Countries:
 [5]
 Kosovo Pristina Embassy Pia Stjernvall [5]
 Latvia Riga Embassy Riitta Korpivaara [5]
 Lithuania Vilnius Embassy Arja Makkonen
Countries:
 [5]
 Netherlands The Hague Embassy Päivi Kaukoranta
International Organizations:
 [5]
 Norway Oslo Embassy Mikael Antell [5]
 Poland Warsaw Embassy Juha Ottman [5]
 Portugal Lisbon Embassy Satu Suikkari-Kleven
Countries:
 [5]
 Romania Bucharest Embassy Marjut Akola
Countries:
 [5]
 Russia Moscow Embassy Antti Helanterä [5]
Saint Petersburg Consulate General Sannamaaria Vanamo [5]
Murmansk Consulate General branch office Lari Peltonen [5]
Petrozavodsk Consulate General branch office Johannes Puukki [5]
 Serbia Belgrade Embassy Kimmo Lähdevirta
Countries:
 [5]
 Spain Madrid Embassy Tiina Jortikka-Laitinen
Countries:
 [5]
 Sweden Stockholm Embassy Liisa Talonpoika [5]
  Switzerland Bern Embassy Timo Rajakangas
Countries:
 [5]
 Ukraine Kyiv Embassy Päivi Laine [5]
 United Kingdom London Embassy Markku Keinänen [5]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Australia Canberra Embassy Satu Mattila-Budich
Countries:
 [5]

Multilateral organizations

Organization Host city Host country Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Council of Europe Strasbourg France Permanent Representation Nina Nordström [10]
 European Union Brussels Belgium Permanent Mission Marja Rislakki [10]
 NATO Brussels Belgium Mission Klaus Korhonen [10]
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OECD 		Paris France Mission Tuomas Tapio
International Organizations:
 [10][11]
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OSCE 		Vienna Austria Permanent Delegation Päivi Laivola Donin de Rosière [12]
 United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission Jukka Salovaara [10]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Kirsti Kauppi
International Organizations:
 [13]

Gallery

Closed missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Libya Tripoli Embassy 2003 [14]
 South Africa Cape Town Embassy branch office 2011 [15]
 Zimbabwe Harare Embassy 2002 [14]

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Nicaragua Managua Embassy 2013 [16]
 Venezuela Caracas Embassy 2011 [17]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2021
 China Guangzhou Consulate-General 2012 [14][17]
 Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy 2003 [18]
 Syria Damascus Embassy 2013 [19]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Germany Hamburg Consulate-General 2013 [14][20]
 Luxembourg Luxembourg City Embassy 2015 [21]
 Slovakia Bratislava Embassy 2015 [21]
 Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy 2015 [21]
 Spain Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Consulate 2012 [17]
 Sweden Gothenburg Consulate 2011 [15]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Australia Sydney Consulate-General 2012 [14]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  2. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  3. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  4. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  5. ^ Subordinate to the Finnish embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania.

References

  1. ^ Finnish Foreign Affairs Ministry
  2. ^ "Countries A–Z". Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
  3. ^ "Meld. St. 12 (2010–2011)". April 2011.
  4. ^ "Treaty of Cooperation between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden (the Helsinki Treaty)" (PDF). Article 34.((cite web)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch "Finland's embassies, consulates general and honorary consulates by country". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. ^ "ECOWAS accredits three new Ambassadors | Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS)".
  7. ^ a b "MFA: Finland opens embassies in Dakar and Doha | Ulkoministeriö / Utrikesministeriet".
  8. ^ "You are being redirected". Asean.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  9. ^ https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Remember/Council/Seventeenth-Council-meeting/C_17_SR_1_Report-of-the-seventeenth-meeting-of-the-Council.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ a b c d e "Missions to international organisations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ^ "More information - Finland".
  12. ^ "Permanent Delegation of Finland to the OSCE, Wien - Finland abroad".
  13. ^ "Permanent Mission, Geneva - Finland abroad".
  14. ^ a b c d e "Gov't savings shrink Finland's global embassy network". YLE. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
  16. ^ https://finlandabroad.fi/web/bhs/foreign-ministry-s-press-releases/-/asset_publisher/kyaK4Ry9kbQ0/content/muutoksia-suomen-edustustoverkos-1/35732?_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_kyaK4Ry9kbQ0_assetEntryId=590235%7Ctitle=Changes in Finland’s network of diplomatic missions
  17. ^ a b c "Finland to close embassy in Philippines". YLE. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
  19. ^ "Embassy of Finland, Damascus".
  20. ^ "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
  21. ^ a b c "Finland closing embassies in Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia". YLE. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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Diplomatic missions of Finland
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List of diplomatic missions of Europe
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