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
Project launched to prepare legislative amendments on using passenger name record data in crime prevention
Press release
28.6.2024 9.39
Legislative amendments to expand the Border Guard's right to use more technology in statutory duties
Press release
27.6.2024 13.58
Finland to introduce new border procedure – asylum applications can be processed near the border
Press release
27.6.2024 13.49
Temporary protection for Ukrainians displaced by war to continue until 4 March 2026
Press release
25.6.2024 16.07
Minister of the Interior Rantanen and Norwegian Minister of Justice and Public Security Enger Mehl meet in Finland
Press release
24.6.2024 14.50
EU home affairs ministers to symbolically adopt proposal to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians fleeing the war
Press release
13.6.2024 8.50
Minister of the Interior Rantanen to visit Europol and Eurojust
Press release
12.6.2024 9.40
The European Union must be able to protect its security in situations of instrumentalised migration
Press release
10.6.2024 12.58
EU wants to combat organised crime with Brazil
News item
6.6.2024 13.53
Minister Rantanen visits Vienna and Brussels to discuss migration and EU preparedness
Press release
3.6.2024 14.01