Registry and document services

Email: registry.plm@gov.fi

Tel. +358 295 160 070

Postal address: Ministry of Defence, PO Box 31, FI - 00131 Helsinki

Document delivery address: Documents addressed to the Ministry of Defence can be delivered to the Government mail distribution centre, address: Ritarikatu 2 B, Helsinki (open Monday to Friday at 8.00–16.15).

If you wish to initiate a matter at the Ministry of Defence, please deliver the pertinent document to the registry of the Ministry. The registry forwards the document to appropriate ministry officials for processing.

The Ministry keeps a document register of the matters that it has processed and in which it has issued a decision.

Requests for access to a document

Citizens have the right of access to official documents in the public domain. A request for access to a document must be sufficiently detailed so that the Ministry can determine which document the request concerns.

The Ministry’s documents that are in the public domain may be viewed at the Ministry by appointment.

Submission of documents and retrieval of information may be subject to a charge as provided in section 34 of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities. The enclosed PDF document contains detailed information on the fees and the grounds for the fees.

Archives

The archives consist of records received or produced at the Ministry in the performance of its duties. As a rule, the archives contain documents dating from 2008 onwards. The availability of materials older than this may be inquired at the National Archives of Finland.

The Ministry’s documents that are in the public domain may be viewed at the Ministry by appointment. Documents cannot be borrowed.