List of diplomatic missions of Finland

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	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Algeria	Algiers	Embassy		[5]
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy	Countries:   Sudan	[5]
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Countries:   Djibouti   South Sudan International Organizations:   African Union [a]	[5]
Kenya	Nairobi	Embassy	Countries:   Eritrea   Seychelles   Somalia   Uganda International Organizations:   United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	[5]
Morocco	Rabat	Embassy	Countries:   Mauritania	[5]
Mozambique	Maputo	Embassy	Countries:   Eswatini   Madagascar	[5]
Namibia	Windhoek	Embassy	Countries:   Angola	[5]
Nigeria	Abuja	Embassy	Countries:   Benin   Ghana   Liberia International Organizations: Economic Community of West African States [b]	[5] [6]
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	Countries:   Ivory Coast   Gambia	[5] [7]
South Africa	Pretoria	Embassy	Countries:   Botswana   Lesotho   Mauritius	[5]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Embassy	Countries:   Burundi   Rwanda	[5]
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy	Countries:   Libya	[5]
Zambia	Lusaka	Embassy	Countries:   Congo-Kinshasa   Malawi   Zimbabwe	[5]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	Countries:   Paraguay   Uruguay	[5]
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy		[5]
	São Paulo	Consulate		[5]
Canada	Ottawa	Embassy		[5]
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Embassy		[5]
Colombia	Bogotá	Embassy	Countries:   Dominican Republic   Panama   Venezuela	[5]
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	Countries:   Costa Rica   Cuba   El Salvador   Guatemala   Honduras   Nicaragua	[5] [8]
Peru	Lima	Embassy	Countries:   Bolivia   Ecuador	[5]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	International Organizations:   Organization of American States [c]	[5]
	Los Angeles	Consulate-General		[5]
	New York City	Consulate-General		[5]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
China	Beijing	Embassy	Countries:   Mongolia	[5]
	Hong Kong	Consulate-General		[5]
	Shanghai	Consulate-General		[5]
India	New Delhi	Embassy	Countries:   Bangladesh   Bhutan   Maldives   Sri Lanka	[5]
	Mumbai	Consulate-General		[5]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	Countries:   East Timor International Organizations: Association of Southeast Asian Nations [d]	[5] [9]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy		[5]
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy		[5]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy		[5]
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy	Countries:   Marshall Islands   Micronesia   Palau	[5]
Kazakhstan	Astana	Embassy	Countries:   Kyrgyzstan	[5]
Lebanon	Beirut	Embassy	Countries:   Jordan   Syria	[5]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Embassy	Countries:   Brunei	[5]
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy		[5]
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy		[5]
Pakistan	Islamabad	Embassy		[5]
Palestine	Ramallah	Representative Office		[5]
Philippines	Manila	Embassy		[5]
Qatar	Doha	Embassy		[5] [7]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	Countries:   Kuwait   Oman   Yemen	[5]
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy		[5]
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Countries:   North Korea	[5]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Taipei	Trade Center		[5]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	Countries:   Cambodia	[5]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy		[5]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	Countries:   Bahrain International Organizations: International Renewable Energy Agency	[5] [10]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	Countries:   Laos	[5]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	International Organizations:   United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency UNIDO	[5]
Belarus	Minsk	Liaison office [e]		[5]
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	Countries:   Luxembourg	[5]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy		[5]
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy	Countries:   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Holy See	[5]
Cyprus	Nicosia	Embassy		[5]
Czechia	Prague	Embassy	Countries:   Slovakia	[5]
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy		[5]
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy		[5]
France	Paris	Embassy	Countries:   Monaco	[5]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy		[5]
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Countries:   Albania	[5]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	Countries:   Slovenia	[5]
Iceland	Reykjavík	Embassy		[5]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy		[5]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Countries:   Malta   San Marino International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization World Food Programme IFAD	[5]
Kosovo	Pristina	Embassy		[5]
Latvia	Riga	Embassy		[5]
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy	Countries:   Belarus	[5]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	International Organizations: OPCW	[5]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy		[5]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy		[5]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	Countries:   Cape Verde	[5]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	Countries:   Moldova	[5]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy		[5]
Serbia	Belgrade	Embassy	Countries:   Montenegro   North Macedonia	[5]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Countries:   Andorra	[5]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy		[5]
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	Countries:   Liechtenstein	[5]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy		[5]
United Kingdom	London	Embassy		[5]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	Embassy	Countries:   Fiji   New Zealand   Papua New Guinea   Samoa   Solomon Islands   Tonga   Vanuatu	[5]

Multilateral organizations

Organization	Host city	Host country	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	France	Permanent Representation		[11]
European Union	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Mission		[11]
NATO	Brussels	Belgium	Mission		[11]
OECD	Paris	France	Mission	International Organizations:   UNESCO	[11] [12]
OSCE	Vienna	Austria	Permanent Delegation		[13]
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission		[11]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	International Organizations: Conference on Disarmament International Labour Organization World Health Organization   World Trade Organization	[14]

Gallery

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  Embassy in Berlin
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  Embassy in Brasília
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  Building hosting the Embassy in Buenos Aires
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  Embassy in Budapest
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  Embassy in Canberra
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  Embassy in Copenhagen
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  Embassy in Kyiv
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  Embassy in Lisbon
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  Embassy in London
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  Building hosting the embassy in Madrid
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  Building hosting the embassy in Mexico City
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  Embassy in Moscow
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  Consulate-General in Saint Petersburg
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  Embassy in Oslo
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  Embassy in Paris
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  Embassy in Prague
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  Embassy in Reykjavík
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  Embassy in Riga
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  Embassy in Sofia
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  Embassy in Stockholm
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  Embassy in Tallinn
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  Embassy in Tokyo
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  Embassy in Vienna
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  Embassy in Warsaw
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  Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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  Embassy in Windhoek
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  Embassy in Zagreb

Closed missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Libya	Tripoli	Embassy	2003	[15]
South Africa	Cape Town	Embassy branch office	2011	[16]
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy	2002	[15]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Nicaragua	Managua	Embassy	2013	[17]
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	2011	[18]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Afghanistan	Kabul	Embassy	2021
China	Guangzhou	Consulate-General	2012	[15] [18]
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	2003	[19]
Syria	Damascus	Embassy	2013	[20]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Germany	Hamburg	Consulate-General	2013	[15] [21]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Embassy	2015	[22]
Russia	Saint Petersburg	Consulate-General	2023	[23]
	Murmansk	Consulate-General branch office	2023	[23]
	Petrozavodsk	Consulate-General branch office	2023	[23]
Slovakia	Bratislava	Embassy	2015	[22]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Embassy	2015	[22]
Spain	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Consulate	2012	[18]
Sweden	Gothenburg	Consulate	2011	[16]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Australia	Sydney	Consulate-General	2012	[15]

See also

• Foreign relations of Finland
• List of diplomatic missions of the Nordic countries
• Visa policy of the Schengen Area

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.
5. "Finland's embassies, consulates general and honorary consulates by country". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
6. "ECOWAS accredits three new Ambassadors | Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS)".
7. "MFA: Finland opens embassies in Dakar and Doha | Ulkoministeriö / Utrikesministeriet".
8. "México". Finland Abroad. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
9. "You are being redirected". Asean.org. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
10. 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 ]}
11. "Missions to international organisations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
12. "More information - Finland".
13. "Permanent Delegation of Finland to the OSCE, Wien - Finland abroad".
14. "Permanent Mission, Geneva - Finland abroad".
15. "Gov't savings shrink Finland's global embassy network". YLE. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
16. "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
17. 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
18. "Finland to close embassy in Philippines". YLE. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
19. "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
20. "Embassy of Finland, Damascus".
21. "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
22. "Finland closing embassies in Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia". YLE. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
23. "Closure of Finland's Consulate General in St Petersburg, services available at Embassy in Moscow". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland