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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 the Second World War broke out there were 20 Finnish embassies (of which four were outside Europe) and six consulates. Today Finland has a streamlined diplomatic network that uses consulates sparingly. 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.

Current missions

Africa

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

Americas

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

Asia

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

Europe

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

Oceania

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

Multilateral organizations

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

Gallery

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

Closed missions

Africa

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

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Nicaragua	Managua	Embassy	2013
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	2011

Asia

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

Europe

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

Oceania

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

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
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". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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

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