Flag days in 2024
January
- 28.1. Presidential Election
February
- 3.2. Alvar och Aino Aalto day, Day of Finnish Architecture and Design | a recommended flag day
- 5.2. Runeberg Day
- 6.2. Sámi National Day | a recommended flag day
- 11.2. Second round of the Presidential Election
- 28.2. Kalevala Day, Day of Finnish Culture
March
- 1.3. The day the Finnish President is inaugurated
- 19.3. Minna Canth Day, Day of Equality
April
- 8.4. International Romani Day | a recommended flag day
- 9.4. Mikael Agricola Day, Day of the Finnish Language
- 27.4. National War Veterans’ Day
May
- 1.5. May Day, Labour Day
- 9.5. Europe Day
- 12.5. J. V. Snellman Day, Day of Finnish Heritage
- 12.5. Mothers' Day
- 19.5. Remembrance Day
June
- 4.6. Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces
- 9.6. European Parliament election
- 22.6. Midsummer Day, Day of the Finnish Flag
July
- 6.7. Eino Leino Day, Day of Summer and Poetry
August
- 9.8. Tove Jansson Day, Day of Finnish Art | a recommended flag day
- 31.8. Finland’s Nature Day
October
- 1.10. Miina Sillanpää Day, Day of Civic Participation
- 10.10. Aleksis Kivi Day, Day of Finnish Literature
- 24.10. United Nations Day
November
- 6.11. Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, svenska dagen
- 10.11. Fathers’ Day
- 20.11. Day of Children’s Rights
December
- 6.12. Independence Day
- 8.12. Jean Sibelius Day, Day of Finnish Music
News
Finland to send rescue personnel to Portugal to help manage wildfires
Press release
24.7.2024 10.07
Finland enacts legislation to combat instrumentalised migration
Press release
16.7.2024 12.43
Automated exchange of data between law enforcement authorities of EU Member States developed
Press release
15.7.2024 14.14
Government resolution directs prevention and combating of violent radicalisation and extremism
Press release
11.7.2024 13.47
Reception services to be streamlined in line with Government Programme
Press release
10.7.2024 12.15
Stricter requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship: the required period of residence to be extended
Press release
4.7.2024 13.59
Ilkka Koskimäki appointed as National Police Commissioner
Press release
4.7.2024 13.57
Legislative amendments preventing evasion of entry rules to come into effect starting 1 September
Press release
4.7.2024 13.56
Legislative amendment to reduce reception allowance
Press release
4.7.2024 13.53
Draft legislation on new gambling system submitted for consultation
Press release
3.7.2024 10.17