COVID-19 coronavirus
Crisis follow-up group: Finland’s way out of the COVID-19 crisis requires long-term planning and agility
The crisis follow-up group chaired by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Martti Hetemäki submitted the second part of its report to the Government on Monday 1 June. After the submitting a pressconfrence were held.
Presentation materials
Recording of the press conference | YouTube
Press conference photos | Flickr
COVID-19 updates and guidance
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Briefing on the COVID-19 situation on 28 May
On Thursday 28 May, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare held a briefing on the disease situation, the carrying capacity of healthcare and social welfare services and the current epidemiological assessment of the COVID-19 situation.
Permanent Secretary Kirsi Varhila and Strategic Director Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and Mika Salminen, Director of the Department of Health Security at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare were present at the event.
Recording of the press conference | YouTube
Press conference photos | Flickr
See also
Government Programme
The Programme of Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Government "Inclusive and competent Finland – a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable society" was submitted to Parliament in the form of a Government statement on 10 December 2019.
Information about Brexit
We have grouped together information about Brexit and the future EU-UK relationship. These pages offer information, for example, on the negotiation process and the withdrawal agreement and on how UK and Finnish citizens and businesses should prepare for a withdrawal without an agreement.
Ministries' publications
The Institutional Repository Valto includes the publication series of all Finnish ministries in pdf-format from the beginning of 2016 and some publications that date further back.
Finnish Government
The term ‘Government’ refers to the Government of Finland which consists of a prime minister and a required number of ministers. It also denotes a decision-making body consisting of the government plenary session and the ministries.
Government in office
On 10 December 2019, the President of the Republic appointed Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Government, which is Finland’s 76th government. Marin’s Government is formed by the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party, the Greens, the Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party of Finland. The Government has 19 ministers.
Finnish Governments
It is possible to search information on the Finnish Governments, their compositions and Government Programmes throughout Finland’s independence – as of 1917. Information is also available on the Governments' terms of office, on the types of Government and on the political parties within the Government.