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27.1.2026 | Statsrådets kansli publicerade den 27 januari ett faktablad med aktuell information om den judiska minoriteten och antisemitismen i Finland förr och nu. Publikationen är avsedd som stöd till myndigheter, beslutsfattande, undervisning och förebyggande arbete.

28.1.2026 | Undervisningsminister Anders Adlercreutz höll ett festtal vid en tillställning på den internationella minnesdagen för Förintelsens offer i Helsingfors synagoga den 27 januari.

6.11.2024 | Finansminister Riikka Purra framförde statsmaktens hälsning vid minnesstunden för de judar som utlämnats från Finland på Helsingfors Observatorieberg onsdagen den 6 november.

25.1.2024 | Statsrådets kansli beslutade den 23 januari att man i Finland från och med den 27 januari 2024 börjar använda det finska namnet ”holokaustin uhrien muistopäivä” i stället för ”vainojen uhrien muistopäivä”, som på svenska motsvarar ”minnesdagen för offer för förföljelser”.

27.1.2022 | På Förintelsens minnesdag minns vi människoliv som gått förlorade på grund av intolerans, hat och våld. Vi tystnar inför en gemensam sorg och blickar bakåt. Den här dagen fungerar som en kollektiv påminnelse om ett smärtsamt förflutet, och förpliktar oss alla att känna vårt ansvar när det gäller att utrota hatretorik, rasism och i synnerhet antisemitism – Europas arvsynd.

Progress of the government action plan to combat racism The government action plan to combat racism and promote equality implements the policies set out in the equality statement issued by the Government. The selected measures are based on an asse...

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27.1.2026 | A new factsheet published by the Prime Minister’s Office on 27 January provides up-to-date information on antisemitism and the history and current situation of the Jewish minority in Finland. The publication aims to support the authorities, decision-making, education and preventive work.

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13.2.2026 | An interim report has been published on the project implementing the Government’s Equality Statement. The report brings together information on the project’s progress between 2023 and 2026. According to the report, the work has already led to legislative reforms and increased concrete anti‑racism measures across different sectors.

15.2.2026 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territory on 15–16 February.

25.1.2024 | On 23 January, the Prime Minister’s Office decided that Finland would begin observing Holocaust Remembrance Day in line with international practices as of 27 January 2024. The day had previously been designated in Finnish as Vainojen uhrien muistopäivä, or Memorial Day for Victims of Persecution.

10.2.2025 | Keynote Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, Chairperson-in-office of the OSCE, Conference on Addressing Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region, 10 February 2025

28.1.2025 | Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz and President of the Republic Alexander Stubb attended a memorial ceremony in Poland on Monday 27 January to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

10.2.2025 | The annual OSCE Conference on addressing anti-Semitism opened today, February 10, in Helsinki. The conference is part of the OSCE's work on combating intolerance. In addition to anti-Semitism, the conference touches upon discrimination faced by Muslims, Christians and representatives of other religions.

6.11.2024 | Minister of Finance Riikka Purra gave the Government’s address to a memorial ceremony for Jews handed over to Nazi Germany by Finland. The memorial was held in Helsinki on 6 November.

6.11.2024 | Valtiovarainministeri Riikka Purra puhui Suomesta luovutettujen juutalaisten muistotilaisuudessa Helsingissä keskiviikkona 6. marraskuuta.

26.1.2023 | Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Tytti Tuppurainen spoke at the ceremony to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Helsinki on 26 January 2023. Speech to be checked against delivery.

16.11.2023 | The Government has set up a project to implement the equality statement submitted to Parliament earlier this year. The statement contains a number of measures to promote equality and combat racism in Finnish society. Many of them are based on the Government Programme, but the statement also includes new measures. A more detailed action plan for the project will be drawn up in spring 2024.