foreign relations of Finland
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{{Politics of Finland}}
File:Washington DC August 2018 15 (Embassy of Finland).jpg in Washington D.C.]]
The foreign relations of Finland are the responsibility of the president of Finland, who leads foreign policy in cooperation with the government. Implicitly the government is responsible for internal policy and decision making in the European Union. Within the government, preparative discussions are conducted in the government committee of foreign and security policy (ulko- ja turvallisuuspoliittinen ministerivaliokunta), which includes the Prime Minister and at least the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence, and at most four other ministers as necessary.{{cite web |url=http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/hallitus/ministerivaliokunnat/en.jsp |title=Cabinet Committees |access-date=2008-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116020927/http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/hallitus/ministerivaliokunnat/en.jsp |archive-date=January 16, 2009 }} The committee meets with the President as necessary. Laws concerning foreign relations are discussed in the parliamentary committee of foreign relations (ulkoasiainvaliokunta, utrikesutskottet). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements the foreign policy.
During the Cold War, Finland's foreign policy was based on official neutrality between the Western powers and the Soviet Union, while simultaneously stressing Nordic cooperation in the framework of the Nordic Council and cautious economic integration with the West as promoted by the Bretton-Woods Agreement and the free trade treaty with the European Economic Community. Finland shares this history with close neighbour Sweden, which Finland was a part of until the split of the Swedish empire in 1809. Finland did not join the Soviet Union's economic sphere (Comecon) but remained a free-market economy and conducted bilateral trade with the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Finland unilaterally abrogated the last restrictions imposed on it by the Paris peace treaties of 1947 and the Finno-Soviet Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance. The government filed an application for membership in the European Union (EU) three months after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and became a member in 1995. Finland did not attempt to join NATO, even though post-Soviet countries on the Baltic Sea and elsewhere joined. Nevertheless, defence policymakers quietly converted to NATO equipment and contributed troops.
President Martti Ahtisaari and the coalition governments led Finland closer to the core EU in the late 1990s. Finland was considered a cooperative model state, and Finland did not oppose proposals for a common EU defence policy.[http://www.eva.fi/files/2170_suomen_ulkopolitiikan_idea_.pdf "Finland's foreign policy idea"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217105340/http://www.eva.fi/files/2170_suomen_ulkopolitiikan_idea_.pdf |date=December 17, 2008 }} ("Suomen ulkopolitiikan idea"), Risto E. J. Penttilä, 2008 This was reversed in the 2000s, when Tarja Halonen and Erkki Tuomioja made Finland's official policy to resist other EU members' plans for common defense. However, Halonen allowed Finland to join European Union Battlegroups in 2006 and the NATO Response Force in 2008.
Relations with Russia are cordial and common issues include bureaucracy (particularly at the Vaalimaa border crossing), airspace violations, development aid Finland gives to Russia (especially in environmental problems that affect Finland), and Finland's energy dependency on Russian gas and electricity. Behind the scenes, the administration witnessed a resurrection of Soviet-era tactics as recently as 2017. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service, the nation's security agency, says the known number of Russian agents from Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and GRU now exceeds Cold War levels and there are unknown numbers of others.{{cite web|url=http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Helsinki+again+a+centre+of+international+espionage+/1101981712514|title=Helsinki again a centre of international espionage|website=Hs.fi|access-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606142115/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Helsinki+again+a+centre+of+international+espionage+/1101981712514|archive-date=June 6, 2012}} Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in March 2022 that her government would have to respond if Finland became a NATO member.{{cite news |title=Russia Sends Bone-Chilling Message To Sweden & Finland; Threatens 'Military Implications' If They Go The Ukraine Way |url=https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-sends-bone-chilling-message-to-sweden-threatens-with-military-implications-if-they-go-the-ukraine-way/ |publisher=The EurAsian Times |date=25 February 2022}}
As of March 2011 Finland maintains diplomatic relations with all UN member states.{{cite web|url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=216545&nodeid=17370&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|title=Diplomatic relations established between Finland and Kiribati|website=Formin.finland.fi|access-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023083830/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=216545&nodeid=17370&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|archive-date=October 23, 2017}}
All NATO countries approved Finland's accession to the military alliance by April 1, 2023, and it officially joined on April 4. The move was the final process in Finland's transition from conducting a foreign policy of neutrality to clearly standing as an official part of the Western bloc.
History
File:Relander and Čakste.jpg Jānis Čakste and President of Finland Lauri Kristian Relander during Relander's 1926 official visit to Latvia. In the background, the Foreign Minister of Finland Eemil Nestor Setälä to the right.]]
File:Moscow negotiations paaskivi yrjokoskinen nykopp paasonen 1939.png, J. K Paasikivi (in the middle), the 7th President of Finland, was remembered as a main architect of Finland's foreign policy, especially with the Soviet Union.{{Cite book|editor-last=Wilsford|editor-first=David|title=Political leaders of contemporary Western Europe: a biographical dictionary|publisher=Greenwood|year=1995|pages=347–352}}]]
File:Tito-Kekkonen-1964.jpg with the Finnish president Urho Kekkonen in Helsinki 1964]]
File:Vladimir Putin and Sauli Niinistö 22.3.2016 in Novo-Ogarevo 01.jpg with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2016]]
After Finland declared its full independence in 1917, the Finnish Civil War, including interventions by Imperial Germany and Soviet Russia, and failure of the Communist revolution, resulted in the official ban on Communism, and strengthening relations with Western countries. Overt alliance with Germany was not possible due to the result of the First World War, but in general the period of 1918 to 1939 was characterised by economic growth and increasing integration to the Western world economy. Relations with Soviet Russia from 1918 to 1939 were icy; voluntary expeditions to Russia called heimosodat ended only in 1922, four years after the conclusion of the Finnish Civil War. However, attempts to establish military alliances were unsuccessful.{{cite journal |last1=Hicks |first1=Agnes H. |title=Finland and the Russian Revolution 1917–1922. By C. Jay Smith, Athens, Ga., University of Georgia Press, 1958 |journal=International Affairs |volume=35 |issue= 3 |pages=347–348 |doi=10.2307/2612298 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ia/article-abstract/35/3/347/2690452?redirectedFrom=fulltext |date=July 1959|jstor=2612298 |url-access=subscription }} Thus, when the Winter War broke out, Finland was left alone to resist the Soviet attack. Later, during the Continuation War, Finland declared "co-belligerency" with Nazi Germany, and allowed Northern Finland to be used as a German attack base. For 872 days, the German army, aided indirectly by Finnish forces, besieged Leningrad, the Soviet Union's second-largest city.Michael Jones (2013). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=uGzfnIm97vQC&pg=PA38 Leningrad: State of Siege]". Basic Books. p. 38. {{ISBN|0-7867-2177-4}} The peace settlement in 1944 with the Soviet Union led to the Lapland War in 1945, where Finland fought Germans in northern Finland.
From the end of the Continuation War with the Soviet Union in 1944 until 1991, the policy was to avoid superpower conflicts and to build mutual confidence with the Western powers and the Soviet Union. Although the country was culturally, socially, and politically Western, Finns realised they had to live in peace with the Soviets and so could take no action that might be interpreted as a security threat. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 opened up dramatic new possibilities for Finland and has resulted in the Finns actively seeking greater participation in Western political and economic structures. The popular support for the strictly self-defensive doctrine remains.{{cite book |title=Finland Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 |date=January 10, 2018 |pages=32 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781438759012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D1StDwAAQBAJ&dq=The+dissolution+of+the+Soviet+Union+in+1991+opened+up+dramatic+new+possibilities+for+Finland+and+has+resulted+in+the+Finns+actively+seeking+greater+participation+in+Western+political+and+economic+structures&pg=PA30}}
=2000 constitution=
In the 2000 constitution, where diverse constitutional laws were unified into one statute, the leading role of the President was slightly moderated. However, because the constitution still stipulates only that the President leads foreign policy and the government internal policy, the responsibility over European Union affairs is not explicitly resolved. Implicitly this belongs to the powers of the government. In a cohabitation situation as with Matti Vanhanen's recent second government right-wing government and left-wing President Tarja Halonen, there can be friction between government ministers and the president.
The arrangement has been criticised by Risto E. J. Penttilä for not providing a simple answer of who's in charge.
==Multilateral relations==
Finnish foreign policy emphasises its participation in multilateral organisations. Finland joined the United Nations in 1955 and the European Union in 1995. As noted, the country also is a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace as well as an observer in the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. The military has been prepared to be more compatible with NATO, as co-operation with NATO in peacekeeping is needed, but military alliance does not have popular support. Political scientist Teija Tiilikainen has attributed tensions like this one to the importance that Finland's political identity places on sovereignty and the (sometimes competing) stress it places on international cooperation.{{cite journal |first=Teija |last=Tiilikainen |author-link=Teija Tiilikainen |title=Finland — An EU Member with a Small State Identity |journal=Journal of European Integration |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=73–87 |date=26 January 2007 |doi=10.1080/07036330500480599|s2cid=154513560 }}
In the European Union, Finland is a member of the Eurozone, and in addition, the Schengen treaty abolishing passport controls. 60% of foreign trade is to the EU. Other large trade partners are Russia and the United States.
Finland is well represented in the UN civil service in proportion to its population and belongs to several of its specialised and related agencies. Finnish troops have participated in United Nations peacekeeping activities since 1956, and the Finns continue to be one of the largest per capita contributors of peacekeepers in the world. Finland is an active participant in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and in early 1995 assumed the co-chairmanship of the OSCE's Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Cooperation with the other Scandinavian countries also is important to Finland, and it has been a member of the Nordic Council since 1955. Under the council's auspices, the Nordic countries have created a common labor market and have abolished immigration controls among themselves. The council also serves to coordinate social and cultural policies of the participating countries and has promoted increased cooperation in many fields.
In addition to the organisations already mentioned, Finland is a member of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the International Finance Corporation, the International Development Association, the Bank for International Settlements, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Council of Europe, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Finland has moved steadily towards integration into Western institutions and abandoned its formal policy of neutrality, which has been recast as a policy of military nonalliance coupled with the maintenance of a credible, independent defence. Finland's 1994 decision to buy 64 F-18 Hornet fighter planes from the United States signalled the abandonment of the country's policy of balanced arms purchases from Communist countries and Western countries.
In 1994, Finland joined NATO's Partnership for Peace; the country is also an observer in the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. Finland became a full member of the EU in January 1995, at the same time acquiring observer status in the EU's defence arm, the Western European Union.
In 2003, Anneli Jäätteenmäki of the Centre Party won the elections after she had accused her rival Paavo Lipponen, who was prime minister at the time, of allying neutral Finland with the United States in the war in Iraq during a meeting with President George W. Bush, and thus associated Finland with what many Finns considered an illegal war of aggression. Lipponen denied the claims and declared that "We support the UN and the UN Secretary-General." Jäätteenmäki resigned as prime minister after 63 days in office amid accusations that she had lied about the leak of the documents about the meeting between Bush and Lipponen. This series of events was considered scandalous and it is named Iraq leak or Iraq-gate.{{cite news |title=Former Finnish premier is cleared over Iraq papers leak |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/former-finnish-premier-is-cleared-over-iraq-papers-leak-566960.html |work=The Independent |date=20 March 2004}}
Generally, Finland has abided by the principle of neutrality and has good relations with nearly all countries, as evidenced by the freedom of travel that a Finnish passport gives; though relations with Russia remain strained and are often tense due to past historical grievances, including Russian threats and past invasion.{{cite journal |last1=Vinayaraj |first1=V.K. |title=Finland's Self-Defence Strategies |journal=International Studies |date=2011 |volume=48 |issue=3–4 |pages=257–280|doi=10.1177/0020881713485019 |s2cid=220703384 }}
After almost 30 years of close partnership with NATO, Finland joined the Alliance on 4 April 2023. Finland's partnership with NATO was historically based on its policy of military non-alignment, which changed following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.{{cite web |title=Finland's membership in NATO |url=https://um.fi/finlands-membership-in-nato |website=Ministry for Foreign Affairs}} On 1 March 2024, Alexander Stubb, a staunch supporter of NATO, was sworn in as Finland's new president.{{cite web |title=Finland's New President Alexander Stubb Says the Nordic Country Enters 'A New Era' as a NATO Member |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-03-01/finlands-new-president-alexander-stubb-says-the-nordic-country-enters-a-new-era-as-a-nato-member |website=usnews.com |access-date=5 March 2024}} On 7 March 2024, Stubb made his first foreign trip as Finland's new president to Nato's Nordic Response military exercise in northern Norway.{{cite news |title=Stubb: Nato exercises are a message to Russia |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20078006 |work=News |date=7 March 2024 |language=en}}
==NATO==
{{See also|Finland–NATO relations}}
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Diplomatic relations list
List of countries which Finland maintains diplomatic relations with:
| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |File:Diplomatic relations of Finland.svg | ||
| # | Country | Date{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |access-date=April 1, 2018}} |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {{flag|Denmark}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1918|01|10}} |
| 2 | {{flag|Sweden}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1918|01|10}} |
| 3 | {{flag|France}} | {{dts|24 January 1918}} |
| 4 | {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|28 March 1918}} | |
| 5 | {{flag|Norway}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1918|04|06}} |
| 6 | {{flag|Argentina}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1918|05|11}}{{cite news|title=Finlandia y la Argentina, una relación de 100 años|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2086818-finlandia-y-la-argentina-una-relacion-de-100-anos|access-date=April 1, 2018|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512234813/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2086818-finlandia-y-la-argentina-una-relacion-de-100-anos|archive-date=May 12, 2018}} |
| 7 | {{flag|Bulgaria}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1918|07|19}} |
| 8 | {{flag|Netherlands}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1918|08|14}} |
| 9 | {{flag|Spain}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1918|08|16}} |
| 10 | {{flag|Greece}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1919|03|01}} |
| 11 | {{flag|Poland}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1919|03|08}}{{cite web |title=Finland |url=http://www.mfa.gov.pl/en/foreign_policy/europe/bilateral_relations_europe/countries/finland?printMode=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402104611/http://www.mfa.gov.pl/en/foreign_policy/europe/bilateral_relations_europe/countries/finland?printMode=true |archive-date=April 2, 2018 |access-date=April 1, 2018}} |
| 12 | {{flag|Japan}} | {{dts|24 May 1919}} |
| 13 | {{flag|United States}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1919|05|30}} |
| 14 | {{flag|Belgium}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1919|07|09}} |
| 15 | {{flag|Italy}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1919|09|06}} |
| 16 | {{flag|Portugal}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1920|01|10}} |
| 17 | {{flag|Romania}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1920|06|28}} |
| 18 | {{flag|Russia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1920|12|31}}{{Cite news |date=31 December 2010 |title=Stubb and Lavrov celebrate the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Finland and Russia |url=https://um.fi/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/stubb-ja-lavrov-muistivat-suomen-ja-venajan-diplomaattisuhteiden-90-vuotispaivaa |access-date=10 July 2023}} |
| 19 | {{flag|Luxembourg}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1921|10|24}} |
| 20 | {{flag|Egypt}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1922|04|08}}{{Cite web |title=History of Finland's representation in Egypt |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/egy/history-of-representation#:~:text=Mission%20in%20Cairo-,Finland%20recognises%20Egypt,representation%20was%20established%20in%20Alexandria. |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Finland in Egypt}} |
| 21 | {{flag|Hungary}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1922|04|12}} |
| 22 | {{flag|Austria}} | {{dts|22 April 1922}}{{Cite book |title=Gothaisches Jahrbuch für Diplomatie, Verwaltung und Wirtschaft |year=1927 |pages=118 |language=de}} |
| 23 | {{flag|Turkey}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1924|12|09}}{{cite web|title=The Treaty of Friendship establishing political relations between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Finland was signed on 9 December 1924...|url=http://helsinki.emb.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/About|access-date=April 1, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101520/http://helsinki.emb.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/About|archive-date=April 2, 2018}} |
| 24 | {{flag|Switzerland}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1926|01|29}} |
| 25 | {{flag|Czech Republic}} | {{Dts|18 October 1927}}{{Cite web |title=History of diplomatic representation in Finland |url=https://www.mzv.cz/helsinki/en/bilateral_relations/history_of_diplomatic_representation_in/index.htm |access-date=27 September 2023}} |
| 26 | {{flag|Cuba}} | {{dts|5 April 1929}} |
| 27 | {{flag|Brazil}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1929|04|08}} |
| 28 | {{flag|Serbia}} | {{dts|7 August 1929}}{{Cite news |date=1 October 2019 |title=Exhibition "BELGRADE – HELSINKI, 90 Years of Diplomatic Relations" |work=Cord Magazine |url=https://cordmagazine.com/diplomacy/belgrade-helsinki-90-years-of-diplomatic-relations-exhibition/ |access-date=24 December 2021}} |
| 29 | {{flag|Afghanistan|2013}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1930|12|15}} |
| 30 | {{flag|Chile}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1931|02|20}} |
| 31 | {{flag|Iran}} | {{dts|format=dmy|12 December 1931}}{{Cite web|title=History of representation in Iran|url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/irn/history-of-representation-in-iran|access-date=21 October 2021}} |
| 32 | {{flag|Uruguay}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1935|03|21}} |
| 33 | {{flag|Mexico}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1936|10|02}} |
| – | {{flag|Holy See}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1942|07|31}}{{cite web|title=Finland: 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations|date=June 27, 2012 |url=http://www.lastampa.it/2012/06/27/vaticaninsider/eng/world-news/finland-th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-relations-7LzYbhOlJgVcSjyYvPcC5M/pagina.html|access-date=April 1, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101916/http://www.lastampa.it/2012/06/27/vaticaninsider/eng/world-news/finland-th-anniversary-of-diplomatic-relations-7LzYbhOlJgVcSjyYvPcC5M/pagina.html|archive-date=April 2, 2018}} |
| 34 | {{flag|Iceland}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1947|08|15}} |
| 35 | {{flag|Canada}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1947|11|21}} |
| 36 | {{flag|South Africa}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1949|05|15}} |
| 37 | {{flag|Australia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1949|05|31}} |
| 38 | {{flag|India}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1949|09|10}} |
| 39 | {{flag|New Zealand}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1950|07|22}} |
| 40
|{{flag|China}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1950|10|28}} | ||
| 41
|{{flag|Israel}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1950|11|14}} | ||
| 42 | {{flag|Pakistan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1951|01|12}} |
| 43 | {{flag|Syria}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1953|05|22}} |
| 44 | {{flag|Colombia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|03|26}} |
| 45 | {{flag|Venezuela}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|03|31}} |
| 46 | {{flag|Myanmar}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|06|21}} |
| 47 | {{flag|Thailand}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|06|21}} |
| 48 | {{flag|Indonesia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|09|06}} |
| 49 | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|09|24}} |
| 50 | {{flag|Philippines}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1955|07|14}} |
| 51 | {{flag|Lebanon}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1956|06|21}} |
| 52 | {{flag|Albania}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1956|06|08}} |
| 53 | {{flag|Iraq}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1959|05|15}} |
| 54 | {{flag|Ethiopia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1959|07|17}} |
| 55 | {{flag|Morocco}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1959|07|17}} |
| 56 | {{flag|Tunisia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1959|07|17}} |
| 57 | {{flag|Jordan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1959|11|28}} |
| 58 | {{flag|Cameroon}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1960|1|15}} |
| 59 | {{flag|Chad}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1960|08|12}} |
| 60 | {{flag|Mali}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1960|10|7}} |
| 61 | {{flag|Sudan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1961|01|27}} |
| 62 | {{flag|Guinea}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1961|7|19}} |
| 63
|{{flag|Cyprus}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1961|09|02}} | ||
| 64 | {{flag|Ireland}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1961|11|02}} |
| 65 | {{flag|Algeria}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|01|18}} |
| 66 | {{flag|Nigeria}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|01|18}} |
| 67 | {{flag|Peru}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|03|29}} |
| 68 | {{flag|Mongolia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|07|08}} |
| 69 | {{flag|Bolivia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|09|21}} |
| 70 | {{flag|Paraguay}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|11|20}} |
| 71 | {{flag|Ivory Coast}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1964|06|18}} |
| 72 | {{flag|Malawi}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1964|7|13}} |
| 73 | {{flag|Ecuador}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|02|05}} |
| 74 | {{flag|Kenya}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|06|14}} |
| 75 | {{flag|Tanzania}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|06|14}} |
| 76 | {{flag|Uganda}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|06|14}} |
| 77 | {{flag|Libya}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|9|28}} |
| 78 | {{flag|Costa Rica}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1966|08|23}} |
| 79 | {{flag|Haiti}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1966|09|29}} |
| 80 | {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1967|3|22}} |
| 81 | {{flag|El Salvador}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1967|04|14}} |
| 82 | {{flag|Guatemala}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1967|08|18}} |
| 83 | {{flag|Zambia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1968|3|8}} |
| 84 | {{flag|Senegal}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1969|01|31}} |
| 85 | {{flag|Kuwait}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1969|02|21}} |
| 86 | {{flag|Malta}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1969|02|21}} |
| 87 | {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1969|06|06}} |
| 88 | {{flag|Cambodia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1970|01|20}} |
| 89 | {{flag|Liberia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1970|3|24}} |
| 90 | {{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1970|4|3}} |
| 91 | {{flag|Central African Republic}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1970|05|22}} |
| 92 | {{flag|Somalia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1971|03|12}} |
| 93 | {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1971|12|17}} |
| 94 | {{flag|Bangladesh}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1972|05|05}} |
| 95 | {{flag|Malaysia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1972|11|17}} |
| 96 | {{flag|Germany}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1973|01|07}} |
| 97 | {{flag|Vietnam}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1973|01|25}} |
| 98 | {{flag|Singapore}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1973|02|07}} |
| 99 | {{flag|Oman}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1973|04|01}} |
| 100
|{{flag|North Korea}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1973|06|01}} | ||
| 101
|{{flag|South Korea}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1973|08|24}} | ||
| 102 | {{flag|Mauritius}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1973|10|31}} |
| 103 | {{flag|Qatar}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1974|04|01}} |
| 104 | {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1974|8|9}} |
| 105 | {{flag|Nepal}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1974|09|21}} |
| 106 | {{flag|Bahrain}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1974|12|20}} |
| 107 | {{flag|Laos}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1975|01|01}} |
| 108 | {{flag|Panama}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1975|01|01}} |
| 109 | {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1975|02|21}} |
| 110 | {{flag|Mozambique}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1975|07|18}} |
| 111 | {{flag|Niger}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1975|11|28}} |
| 112 | {{flag|Nicaragua}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1975|12|22}} |
| 113 | {{flag|Honduras}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1976|01|30}} |
| 114 | {{flag|Angola}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1976|09|18}} |
| 115 | {{flag|Madagascar}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1977|06|01}} |
| 116 | {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1977|09|31}} |
| 117 | {{flag|Barbados}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1977|12|01}} |
| 118 | {{flag|Fiji}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1977|12|01}} |
| 119 | {{flag|Ghana}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1977|12|01}} |
| 120 | {{flag|Jamaica}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1977|12|01}} |
| 121 | {{flag|Comoros}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1977|12|19}} |
| 122 | {{flag|Botswana}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1978|07|01}} |
| 123 | {{flag|Lesotho}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1979|02|01}} |
| 124 | {{flag|Mauritania}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1979|03|01}} |
| 125 | {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1979|03|01}} |
| 126 | {{flag|Guyana}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1979|04|02}} |
| 127 | {{flag|Yemen}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1979|06|01}} |
| 128 | {{flag|Kiribati}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1979|08|24}} |
| 129 | {{flag|Burundi}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|01|01}} |
| 130 | {{flag|Burkina Faso}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|2|15}} |
| 131 | {{flag|Grenada}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|06|01}} |
| 132 | {{flag|Vanuatu}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|07|31}} |
| 133 | {{flag|Zimbabwe}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1980|8|1}} |
| 134 | {{flag|Rwanda}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1983|06|01}} |
| 135 | {{flag|Cape Verde}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1983|7|22}} |
| 136 | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1984|01|02}} |
| 137 | {{flag|Maldives}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1984|08|10}} |
| 138 | {{flag|Bhutan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1986|05|01}} |
| 139 | {{flag|Seychelles}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1987|04|01}} |
| 140 | {{flag|Gabon}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1988|05|20}} |
| 141 | {{flag|Gambia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1988|9|1}} |
| 142 | {{flag|Brunei}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1988|11|11}} |
| 143 | {{flag|Benin}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1988|12|22}} |
| 144 | {{flag|Namibia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1990|03|21}} |
| 145 | {{flag|Eswatini}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1990|09|20}} |
| 146 | {{flag|Estonia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1991|08|29}} |
| 147 | {{flag|Latvia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1991|08|29}} |
| 148 | {{flag|Lithuania}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1991|08|29}} |
| 149 | {{flag|Slovenia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|02|17}} |
| 150 | {{flag|Croatia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|02|19}} |
| 151 | {{flag|Belarus}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|02|26}} |
| 152 | {{flag|Moldova}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|02|26}} |
| 153 | {{flag|Tajikistan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|02|26}} |
| 154 | {{flag|Ukraine}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|02|26}} |
| 155 | {{flag|Uzbekistan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|02|26}} |
| 156 | {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|03|23}} |
| 157 | {{flag|Azerbaijan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|03|24}} |
| 158
|{{flag|Armenia}} |{{dts|format=dmy|1992|03|25}} | ||
| 159 | {{flag|Kazakhstan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|05|13}} |
| 160 | {{flag|Turkmenistan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|06|11}} |
| 161 | {{flag|Liechtenstein}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|06|26}} |
| 162 | {{flag|Georgia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1992|07|08}} |
| 163 | {{flag|Slovakia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|01|01}} |
| 164 | {{flag|Eritrea}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|05|28}} |
| 165 | {{flag|Tonga}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|12|01}} |
| 166 | {{flag|North Macedonia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|12|17}} |
| 167 | {{flag|Marshall Islands}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|12|26}} |
| 168 | {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1994|12|29}} |
| 169 | {{flag|Andorra}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1995|07|17}} |
| 170 | {{flag|San Marino}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1995|07|17}} |
| 171 | {{flag|Belize}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1997|06|19}} |
| 172 | {{flag|Solomon Islands}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1999|07|16}} |
| 173 | {{flag|Samoa}} | {{dts|format=dmy|1999|08|11}} |
| 174 | {{flag|Timor-Leste}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2002|06|20}} |
| 175 | {{flag|Suriname}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2005|06|28}} |
| 176 | {{flag|Bahamas}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2005|12|02}} |
| 177 | {{flag|Montenegro}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2006|06|12}} |
| 178 | {{flag|Djibouti}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2007|03|14}} |
| 179 | {{flag|Monaco}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2007|03|29}} |
| 180 | {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2008|04|30}} |
| 181 | {{flag|Sierra Leone}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2008|6|17}} |
| 182 | {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2008|09|26}} |
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| 183 | {{flag|Tuvalu}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|03|06}} |
| 184 | {{flag|Nauru}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|03|24}} |
| 185 | {{flag|Palau}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|05|05}} |
| 186 | {{flag|Dominica}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|08|19}} |
| 187 | {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|09|11}} |
| 188 | {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|09|22}} |
| 189 | {{flag|Saint Lucia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2009|09|22}} |
| 190 | {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2010|05|04}} |
| 191 | {{flag|Togo}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2010|5|12}} |
| 192 | {{flag|South Sudan}} | {{dts|format=dmy|2012|06|29}}{{cite web|title=Finland and South Sudan|url=http://www.finland.org.et/public/default.aspx?nodeid=47985&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|access-date=April 1, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402102104/http://www.finland.org.et/public/default.aspx?nodeid=47985&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|archive-date=April 2, 2018}} |
=Multilateral=
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!width="15%"| Organization !width="12%"| Formal Relations Began !Notes | |
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|{{Flag|United Nations}} | {{dts|1955|format=dmy}}
|See Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations |
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|{{Flag|Nordic Council}} | {{dts|1955|format=dmy}}
| File:Finlands statsminister Jyrki Katainen. Nordiska och baltiska statsministrar mots vid Nordiska Radets session i Kopenhamn.jpg in Nordic Council back in 2011]]
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|{{Flag|OSCE}} | {{dts|1973|format=dmy}}
|See Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe File:ETYK-Finland-delegation-1975.jpg Olavi J. Mattila, Prime Minister Keijo Liinamaa and President Urho Kekkonen.]]
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|{{Flag|European Union}} | {{dts|1995|format=dmy}}
|See 1995 enlargement of the European Union File:Prime Minister Sanna Marin and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meeting in Helsinki 3.2.2022 (51858582337).jpg and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meeting in Helsinki 3.2.2022]]
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|{{Flag|NATO}} | {{dts|2023|format=dmy}}
| See Finland–NATO relations File:Suomen ja Ruotsin suurlähettiläät jättävät kiinnostuksenosoituksensa Natoon liittymisestä - 52082292190.jpg]]
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Africa
Americas
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|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} | {{dts|2008-09-26|format=dmy}} | * Finland's embassy in Mexico City, Mexico attends to consular matters relating to Antigua and Barbuda. |
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|{{flag|Argentina}} | {{dts|1918-05-11|format=dmy}}
|See Argentina–Finland relations
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|{{flag|Bahamas}} | {{dts|2005-12-02|format=dmy}} | * Finland's embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada attends to consular matters relating to The Bahamas.
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|{{flag|Barbados}} | {{dts|1977-12-01|format=dmy}} | * Barbados is represented in Finland by their embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
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|{{flag|Belize}} | {{dts|1997-06-19|format=dmy}} | * Finland's embassy in Mexico City, Mexico attends to consular matters relating to Belize.
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|{{flag|Bolivia}} | {{dts|1963-09-21|format=dmy}} | * Bolivia is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
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|{{flag|Brazil}} | {{dts|1929|format=dmy}} | See Brazil–Finland relations File:Halonen and Lula.jpg together with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil in Helsinki 2007]]
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|{{flag|Canada}} | {{dts|1947-11-21|format=dmy}} | See Canada–Finland relations File:Pääministeri Sanna Marin ja Kanadan pääministeri Justin Trudeau tapasivat Brysselissä 23.3.2022 (51957490205).jpg and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau]]
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|{{flag|Chile}} | {{dts|1919-06-17|format=dmy}} | See Chile–Finland relations
Chile recognised Finland's independence on June 17, 1919. Diplomatic relations between them were established in 1931 and have been continuously maintained, despite pressures at times to discontinue them.{{Cite web | url = http://www.finland.cl/public/default.aspx?nodeid=36916&contentlan=9&culture=es-ES | title = La historia de las relaciones entre Finlandia y Chile | date = February 22, 2008 | access-date = 2009-05-06 | language = es | publisher = Embajada de Finlandia, Santiago de Chile | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081210074423/http://www.finland.cl/public/default.aspx?nodeid=36916&contentlan=9&culture=es-ES | archive-date = December 10, 2008 }} The two countries maintain resident ambassadors in both capitals.
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|{{flag|Colombia}} | {{dts|1954-05-26|format=dmy}}
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The relations between Colombia and Finland are harmonious as both countries share a similar ideology based on democracy, human rights and a lasting peace. It's because of this that Colombia has decided to open an embassy in Helsinki. Colombia also defines Finland as a key player on Colombia's accession into the OECD and the ratification of the Colombia-European Union Trade Agreement.{{cite web|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/europe/union/member/finland|title=- Cancillería|access-date=February 19, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222030404/http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/europe/union/member/finland|archive-date=December 22, 2014}} | |
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|{{flag|Costa Rica}} | {{dts|1966-08-23|format=dmy}} | * Costa Rica is represent in Finland by their embassy in Oslo, Norway.
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|{{flag|Cuba}} | {{dts|1959-01-23|format=dmy}} | * Cuba has an embassy in Helsinki.
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|{{flag|Dominica}} | {{dts|2009-08-18|format=dmy}} | * Finland has an honorary consulate in Roseau. |
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|{{flag|Dominican Republic}} | {{dts|1984-01-02|format=dmy}} | * The Dominican Republic is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
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|{{flag|Ecuador}} | {{dts|1965-02-05|format=dmy}} | * Ecuador is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. |
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|{{flag|El Salvador}} | {{dts|1967-04-14|format=dmy}} | * El Salvador is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
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|{{flag|Grenada}} | {{dts|1980-06-01|format=dmy}} | * Grenada is represented in Finland by their embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
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|{{flag|Guatemala}} | {{dts|1967-08-18|format=dmy}} | * Guatemala is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
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|{{flag|Guyana}} | {{dts|1979-04-02|format=dmy}} | *Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 2, 1979.{{cite web |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101008/http://www.minfor.gov.gy/docs/other/diplomatic_relations_list.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2016 }}
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|{{flag|Haiti}} | {{dts|1966-09-29|format=dmy}} | * Finland's embassy in Mexico City, Mexico attends to consular matters relating to Haiti.
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|{{flag|Honduras}} | {{dts|1976-01-30|format=dmy}} | * Honduras is represented in Finland by their embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
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|{{flag|Jamaica}} | {{dts|1977-12-01|format=dmy}} | * Jamaica is represented in Finland by their embassy in London, United Kingdom.
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|{{flag|Mexico}} | {{dts|1936-10-02|format=dmy}} | See Finland–Mexico relations
File:Visita de Estado del Presidente de la República de Finlandia, Sauli Niinistö. 64.jpg in 2015]] Mexico recognized the independence of Finland in July 1920.
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|{{flag|Nicaragua}} | {{dts|1975-12-22|format=dmy}} | See Finland–Nicaragua relations
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|{{flag|Panama}} | {{dts|1975-12-01|format=dmy}} | * Panama is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
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|{{flag|Paraguay}} | {{dts|1963-11-20|format=dmy}} | * Paraguay is accredited to Finland from its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
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|{{flag|Peru}} | {{dts|1963-03-29|format=dmy}} | File:Canciller de Finlandia realiza Visita Oficial al Perú (11936654025).jpg with Embajador Fernando Rojas in 2014]]
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|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} | {{dts|2009-09-22|format=dmy}} | * Finland has an honorary consulate in Basseterre. |
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|{{flag|Saint Lucia}} | {{dts|2009-09-22|format=dmy}} | * Finland has an honorary consulate in Castries. |
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|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} | {{dts|1976-01-30|format=dmy}} | *Finland is represented in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines through a roving ambassador.{{Cite web|url=https://um.fi/roving-ambassador-for-the-caribbean|title=Roving ambassadors}}
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|{{flag|Suriname}} | {{dts|2005-06-28|format=dmy}} | * Finland's embassy in Brasília, Brazil attends to consular matters relating to Suriname.
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} | {{dts|1971-12-17|format=dmy}} | * Trinidad and Tobago is accredited to Finland from its embassy in London, United Kingdom.
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|{{flag|United States}} | {{dts|1919-05-30|format=dmy}} | See Finland–United States relations File:President Ronald Reagan meeting with President Mauno Koivisto.jpg meeting with President Mauno Koivisto in 1988]] File:President Trump & the First Lady's Trip to Europe (43419581552).jpg with President Sauli Niinistö of Finland at the Mäntyniemi Residence, July 16, 2018]]
5-25-1988 President Reagan meeting with President Mauno Henrik Koivisto during a trip to Finland at the Helsinki airport in Vantaa Relations between the United States and Finland are warm. Some 200,000 US citizens visit Finland annually, and about 3,000 US citizens are resident there. The US has an educational exchange program in Finland that is comparatively large for a Western European country of Finland's size. It is financed in part from a trust fund established in 1976 from Finland's final repayment of a US loan made in the aftermath of World War I. Finland is bordered on the east by Russia and, as one of the former Soviet Union's neighbours, has been of particular interest and importance to the US both during the Cold War and in its aftermath. Before the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, longstanding US policy was to support Finnish neutrality and to maintain and reinforce Finland's historic, cultural, and economic ties with the West. The US has welcomed Finland's increased participation since 1991 in Western economic and political structures. Economic and trade relations between Finland and the United States are active and were bolstered by the F-18 purchase. US-Finland trade totals almost $5 billion annually. The US receives about 7% of Finland's exports – mainly wood pulp and paper, ships, machinery, electronics and instruments and refined petroleum products{{cite web |url=http://www.tulli.fi/resources/tekstiversio.jsp?pageoid=24045 |title=Maatilastoja |access-date=2008-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120160611/http://www.tulli.fi/resources/tekstiversio.jsp?pageoid=24045 |archive-date=January 20, 2008 }} – and provides about 7% of its imports – principally computers, semiconductors, aircraft, and machinery.
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|{{flag|Uruguay}} | {{dts|1935-03-21|format=dmy}} | See Finland–Uruguay relations
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|{{flag|Venezuela}} | {{dts|1954-03-31|format=dmy}} | * Finland is accredited to Venezuela from its embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Asia
Europe
Oceania
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|{{flag|Australia}} | {{dts|1949-05-31|format=dmy}}
|{{Main|Australia–Finland relations}} File:Sauli Niinistö talked to Anthony Albanese during the 2022 Madrid Summit.jpg and President of Finland Sauli Niinistö in 2022]] Diplomatic relations were established on May 31, 1949.
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|{{flag|New Zealand}} | {{dts|1950-07-22|format=dmy}}
|File:Prime Minister Marin in New Zealand 30.11.2022 (52531869212).jpg and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern]]
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International organization participation
{{div col|colwidth=13em}}
- AfDB
- AsDB
- Australia Group
- BIS
- CBSS
- CCC
- CE
- CERN
- EAPC
- EBRD
- ECE
- EIB
- ESA
- {{flag|EU}}
- File:FAO logo.svg FAO
- G-9
- IADB
- File:Flag of IAEA.svg IAEA
- IBRD
- File:Flag of IAEA.svg ICAO
- ICC
- File:International Criminal Court logo.svg ICC
- File:Emblem of the ICRC.svg ICRM
- IDA
- IEA
- IFAD
- IFC
- File:Emblem of the IFRC.svg IFRCS
- IHO
- File:Flag of ILO.svg ILO
- IMF
- File:Flag of the International Maritime Organization.svg IMO
- ITUC
- Interpol
- {{Flag|IOC}}
- IOM
- ISO
- ITU
- MINURSO
- File:Flag of NATO.svg NATO
- File:Flag of the Nordic Council.svg NC
- NEA
- File:Nordic Investment Bank logo.svg NIB
- NSG
- 21px OAS (observer)
- OECD
- OPCW
- File:OSCE logo.svg OSCE
- File:Logo of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague.png PCA
- PFP
- {{Flag|UN}}
- UNCTAD
- File:Flag of UNESCO.svg UNESCO
- UNHCR
- UNIDO
- UNIKOM
- UNITAR
- UNMEE
- UNMIBH
- UNMIK
- UNMOGIP
- UNMOP
- UNOMIG
- UNTAET
- UNTSO
- File:Flag of UPU.svg UPU
- File:Flag of the Western European Union.svg WEU (observer)
- WFTU
- File:Flag of WHO.svg WHO
- WIPO
- File:Flag of the World Meteorological Organization.svg WMO
- WTrO
- Zangger Committee
{{div col end}}
=Sub-national government participation=
File:Flag of Åland.svg Åland Islands
See also
- List of diplomatic missions in Finland
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)
- Politics of Finland
- Pulp mill conflict between Argentina and Uruguay (for the conflict over the installation of a pulp mill by the Finnish company Botnia in Uruguay, across the Uruguay River)
- Visa requirements for Finnish citizens
- Arctic policy of Finland
- Finland–NATO relations