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 diplomatic 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.[1]

As of 2026, the modern-day Republic of Finland has a streamlined diplomatic network that consists of 74 embassies, 6 consulates-general, 1 consulate, 7 permanent missions or representations to multilateral organizations, and two separate offices: a liaison office in Belarus and a representative office in Palestine.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

Current missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Algeria Algiers Embassy [3]
Egypt Cairo Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3]
Kenya Nairobi Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3]
Morocco Rabat Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Mozambique Maputo Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Namibia Windhoek Embassy [3]
Nigeria Abuja Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3][6]
Senegal Dakar Embassy
Countries:
 [3][7]
South Africa Pretoria Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Tunisia Tunis Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Zambia Lusaka Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
  • Embassy in Windhoek

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Brazil Brasília Embassy [3]
São Paulo Consulate [3]
Canada Ottawa Embassy [3]
Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy [3]
Colombia Bogotá Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Mexico Mexico City Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Peru Lima Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
 United States Washington, D.C. Embassy
International Organizations:
 [3]
Houston Consulate-General [3][8]
Los Angeles Consulate-General [3]
New York City Consulate-General [3]
  • Embassy in Brasília
  • Building hosting the Embassy in Buenos Aires
  • Embassy in Lima
  • Building hosting the embassy in Mexico City
  • Building hosting the Embassy in Santiago
  • Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
China Beijing Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Hong Kong Consulate-General [3]
Shanghai Consulate-General [3]
India New Delhi Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Mumbai Consulate-General [3]
Indonesia Jakarta Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3][9]
Iran Tehran Embassy [3]
Iraq Baghdad Embassy [3]
Israel Tel Aviv Embassy [3]
Japan Tokyo Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Kazakhstan Astana Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Lebanon Beirut Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
  Nepal Kathmandu Embassy [3]
Pakistan Islamabad Embassy[b] [3][8]
Palestine Ramallah Representative Office [3]
Philippines Manila Embassy [3]
Qatar Doha Embassy
Countries:
 [3][7]
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Singapore Singapore Embassy [3]
South Korea Seoul Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Trade Center
Thailand Bangkok Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Turkey Ankara Embassy [3]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3][10]
Vietnam Hanoi Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
  • Embassy in Tokyo

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Austria Vienna Embassy
International Organizations:
 [3]
Belarus Minsk Liaison office [3]
Belgium Brussels Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Bulgaria Sofia Embassy [3]
Croatia Zagreb Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Cyprus Nicosia Embassy [3]
Czechia Prague Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Denmark Copenhagen Embassy [3]
Estonia Tallinn Embassy [3]
France Paris Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Germany Berlin Embassy [3]
Greece Athens Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Hungary Budapest Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Iceland Reykjavík Embassy [3]
Ireland Dublin Embassy [3]
Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [3]
Kosovo Pristina Embassy [3]
Latvia Riga Embassy [3]
Lithuania Vilnius Embassy [3]
Netherlands The Hague Embassy
International Organizations:
 [3][11]
Norway Oslo Embassy [3]
Poland Warsaw Embassy [3]
Portugal Lisbon Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Romania Bucharest Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Russia Moscow Embassy [3]
Serbia Belgrade Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Spain Madrid Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Sweden Stockholm Embassy [3]
 Switzerland Bern Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
Ukraine Kyiv Embassy [3]
United Kingdom London Embassy [3]
  • Embassy in Berlin
  • Embassy in Budapest
  • Embassy in Copenhagen
  • Embassy in Kyiv
  • Embassy in Lisbon
  • Embassy in London
  • Building hosting the Embassy in Madrid
  • Embassy in Moscow
  • 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 Vienna
  • Embassy in Warsaw
  • Embassy in Zagreb

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Australia Canberra Embassy
Countries:
 [3]
  • Embassy in Canberra

Multilateral organizations

Organization Host city Host country Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Council of Europe Strasbourg France Permanent Representation [12]
European Union Brussels Belgium Permanent Mission [12]
NATO Brussels Belgium Permanent Representation [12]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Paris France Permanent Delegation
International Organizations:
 [12][13]
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Vienna Austria Permanent Delegation [14]
United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission [12]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission
International Organizations:
 [12][15]

Closed missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Libya Tripoli Embassy 2003 [16]
South Africa Cape Town Embassy branch office 2011 [17]
Zimbabwe Harare Embassy 2002 [16]

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Nicaragua Managua Embassy 2013 [18]
Venezuela Caracas Embassy 2011 [19]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2021[c] [3][8]
China Guangzhou Consulate-General 2012 [16][19]
Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy 2003 [20]
Syria Damascus Embassy 2012 [21]
Myanmar Yangon Embassy 2026 [3][8]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Germany Hamburg Consulate-General 2013 [16][22]
Luxembourg Luxembourg City Embassy 2015 [23]
Russia Saint Petersburg Consulate-General 2023 [24]
Murmansk Consulate-General branch office 2023 [24]
Petrozavodsk Consulate-General branch office 2023 [24]
Slovakia Bratislava Embassy 2015 [23]
Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy 2015 [23]
Spain Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Consulate 2012 [19]
Sweden Gothenburg Consulate 2011 [17]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Australia Sydney Consulate-General 2012 [16]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Accredited as an observer mission.
  2. ^ To be closed in 2026
  3. ^ Temporarily closed in 2021 in the midst of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban; will be permanently closed in 2026.

References

  1. ^ Finnish Foreign Affairs Ministry
  2. ^ "The network of Finnish missions". Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  3. ^ 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 "Finland's embassies, consulates general and honorary consulates by country". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Meld. St. 12 (2010–2011)". April 2011.
  5. ^ "Treaty of Cooperation between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden (the Helsinki Treaty)" (PDF). Article 34.
  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. ^ a b c d "Changes to Finland's network of missions abroad". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. 28 November 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Ambassador of Finland to ASEAN presents credentials". Asean.org. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  10. ^ "Report of the seventeenth meeting of the council of the international renewable energy agency" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-03.
  11. ^ "Republic of Finland". Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Missions to international organisations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  13. ^ "More information - Finland".
  14. ^ "Finland in OSCE". Finland Abroad.
  15. ^ "Permanent Mission, Geneva - Finland abroad".
  16. ^ a b c d e "Gov't savings shrink Finland's global embassy network". YLE. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
  18. ^ 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
  19. ^ a b c "Finland to close embassy in Philippines". YLE. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
  21. ^ "Finnish diplomats leave Syria". Yleisradio Oy. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  22. ^ "Foreign Ministry's press releases - Finland abroad".
  23. ^ a b c "Finland closing embassies in Luxembourg, Slovakia and Slovenia". YLE. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  24. ^ a b c "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.
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