Finland

Republic of Finland · Suomi

Finland (FI, FIN) is a country in Northern Europe, with Helsinki as its capital. The currency is the Euro (EUR, €). The international dialling code is +358 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 041 2345678. The time zone is Europe/Helsinki. Official languages: Finnish and Swedish.

CurrencyEUR€
Dial code+358e.g. 041 2345678
Time zoneHelsinkiUTC+02:00
LanguageFinnish+1 more
CapitalHelsinki
Population5.6M338.4K km²

Overview

Official name
Republic of Finland
Native name
Suomi · Finland
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
FI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
FIN
ISO 3166-1 numeric
246
IOC code
FIN
Demonym
Finnish
Capital
Helsinki
Region
Europe › Northern Europe
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Northern Europe
  • European Union
  • Eurozone
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.fi
Coordinates
64, 26
Area
338,424 km²
Population
5,626,410
GDP
$321.1B ($57.1K per person)
Literacy
100%
Landlocked
No

Currency

Euro EUR

Symbol
€
Minor units
2 decimals
Example
1 234,50 €

Former currencies: FIM

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
Finnish fiOfficial94% (5.3M)
Swedish svOfficial44% (2.5M)
Skolt Sami smsOfficial (regional)0.011% (618.9)
English en70% (3.9M)
German de18% (1M)
Russian ru0.81% (45.6K)
Estonian et0.11% (6.2K)
rmf rmf0.089% (5K)
Northern Sami se0.036% (2K)
Inari Sami smn0.011% (618.9)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
Europe/HelsinkiUTC+02:00UTC+03:00Eastern European Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+358
Shared with
Dial-out prefix
00|99(?:[01469]|5(?:[14]1|3[23]|5[59]|77|88|9[09])) preferred 00
Trunk prefix
0
National number length
5–12 digits
Emergency number
112 pattern 112

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line013 1234567+358 13 1234567XXX XXXXXXX[5-9]
Mobile041 2345678+358 41 2345678XXX XXXXXXX[6-10]
Toll free0800 123456+358 800 123456XXXX XXXXXX[7-9]
Premium rate0600 123456+358 600 123456XXXX XXXXXX8, 9
Universal access010 112345+358 10 112345XXX XXXXXX[5-12]
Show the 7 formatting rules
Digits patternLeading digitsFormatInternational
(\d{5})75[12]$1$1
(\d{5})20[2-59]$1$1
(\d{6})11$1$1
(\d{3})(\d{3,7})(?:[1-3]0|[68])0|70[07-9]$1 $2$1 $2
(\d{2})(\d{4,8})[14]|2[09]|50|7[135]$1 $2$1 $2
(\d{2})(\d{6,10})7$1 $2$1 $2
(\d)(\d{4,9})(?:19|[2568])[1-8]|3(?:0[1-9]|[1-9])|9$1 $2$1 $2

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Organization}
{Name}
{Street address}
FI-{Postal code} {City}
Required fields
Street address, City, Postal code

Postal code

Pattern
\d{5}
Examples
00550 · 00011
Prefix
FI-

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Monday
Weekend
Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year
Contains at least 4 days of the new year
Hour cycle
24-hour (0–23)
Calendars
gregorian
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
A4

Number and date formats

As written by the Finnish (Finland) locale (fi-FI), amounts in EUR.

Number
1 234 567,891
Percent
45,7 %
Currency (EUR)
1 234 567,89 €
Accounting
−1 234 567,89 €
Currency, name
1 234 567,89 euroa
Compact short
1,2 milj.
Compact long
1,2 miljoonaa
Scientific
1,235E6
Speed
88 kilometriä tunnissa
Temperature
21,5 °C
Date, full
perjantai 27. maaliskuuta 2026
Date, long
27. maaliskuuta 2026
Date, medium
27.3.2026
Date, short
27.3.2026
Time, medium
15.04.05
Time, short
15.04
Date and time
27.3.2026 klo 15.04
Month and year
maaliskuu 2026
Weekday
perjantai
Relative time
eilen · 3 päivän päästä · 2 tuntia sitten
List: and
A, B ja C
List: or
A, B tai C

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