List of diplomatic missions of Finland explained

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 countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
AlgiersEmbassy [5]
CairoEmbassy
Addis AbabaEmbassy
NairobiEmbassy
RabatEmbassy
MaputoEmbassy
WindhoekEmbassy
Embassy [6]
DakarEmbassy [7]
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Embassy
Embassy
São PauloConsulate
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Washington, D.C.Embassy
Los AngelesConsulate-General
Consulate-General

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Embassy
Consulate-General
Consulate-General
Embassy
Consulate-General
Embassy [8]
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
BeirutEmbassy
Kuala LumpurEmbassy
YangonEmbassy
KathmanduEmbassy
IslamabadEmbassy
RamallahRepresentative Office
ManilaEmbassy
DohaEmbassy
RiyadhEmbassy
Embassy
Embassy
TaipeiTrade Center
Embassy
AnkaraEmbassy
Abu DhabiEmbassy [9]
HanoiEmbassy

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Embassy
Liaison office
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
BudapestEmbassy
ReykjavíkEmbassy
DublinEmbassy
Embassy
Embassy
RigaEmbassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
LisbonEmbassy
Embassy
Embassy
Embassy
StockholmEmbassy
BernEmbassy
Embassy
Embassy

Multilateral organizations

OrganizationHost cityHost countryMissionConcurrent accreditation
StrasbourgFrancePermanent Representation[10]
BrusselsBelgiumPermanent Mission
BrusselsBelgiumMission
OECDParisFranceMission[11]
OSCEViennaAustriaPermanent Delegation[12]
New York CityUnited StatesPermanent Mission
GenevaSwitzerlandPermanent Mission[13]

Closed missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
TripoliEmbassy2003[14]
Cape TownEmbassy branch office2011[15]
HarareEmbassy2002

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
ManaguaEmbassy2013[16] title=Changes in Finland’s network of diplomatic missions
CaracasEmbassy2011[17]

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
KabulEmbassy2021
GuangzhouConsulate-General2012
Kuwait CityEmbassy2003[18]
DamascusEmbassy2013[19]

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
HamburgConsulate-General2013[20]
Luxembourg CityEmbassy2015[21]
Saint PetersburgConsulate-General2023 [22]
BratislavaEmbassy2015
LjubljanaEmbassy2015
Las Palmas de Gran CanariaConsulate2012
GothenburgConsulate2011

Oceania

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=15179&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Finnish Foreign Affairs Ministry
  2. Web site: Countries A–Z. Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
  3. Web site: April 2011. Meld. St. 12 (2010–2011).
  4. Web site: Treaty of Cooperation between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden (the Helsinki Treaty). Article 34.
  5. Web site: Finland's embassies, consulates general and honorary consulates by country . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland . 28 May 2024.
  6. Web site: ECOWAS accredits three new Ambassadors | Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS).
  7. Web site: MFA: Finland opens embassies in Dakar and Doha | Ulkoministeriö / Utrikesministeriet.
  8. Web site: You are being redirected . Asean.org . 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
  10. Web site: Missions to international organisations . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland . 26 May 2021.
  11. Web site: More information - Finland.
  12. Web site: Permanent Delegation of Finland to the OSCE, Wien - Finland abroad.
  13. Web site: Permanent Mission, Geneva - Finland abroad.
  14. News: Gov't savings shrink Finland's global embassy network. YLE . 19 December 2012 . 28 May 2021.
  15. Web site: 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
  17. News: Finland to close embassy in Philippines. YLE . 15 November 2012 . 28 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad.
  19. Web site: Embassy of Finland, Damascus.
  20. Web site: Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad.
  21. News: Finland closing embassies in Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia. YLE . 24 September 2014 . 28 May 2021.
  22. News: Closure of Finland’s Consulate General in St Petersburg, services available at Embassy in Moscow. Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad . 3 October 2023.