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Senior Specialist Kosti Honkanen 30.9.2021 15.46 Blog 1. Who are you? I am Kosti Honkanen, currently working as a Senior Officer for Legal Affairs in the Legal Unit of the Administrative Policy Department of the Ministry of Defence. I have a Maste...https://defmin.fi/en/-/senior-specialist-kosti-honkanen
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Return to page Areas of expertise International military crisis management cooperation Finland will continue to participate in international military and civilian crisis management under the auspices of the EU, the UN, NATO and the OSCE. Finland’s...https://defmin.fi/en/areas-of-expertise/military-crisis-management
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Projects and legislation The legal framework for military defence, in other words the laws and presidential decrees, government decrees and Ministry of Defence decrees are prepared in the Ministry. The Legal Unit is for the main part responsible f...https://defmin.fi/en/projects-and-legislation
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Special Adviser Timo Nyyssönen 2.12.2021 12.12 Blog 1. Who are you? My name is Timo Nyyssönen, and I work as a Special Adviser in the Materiel Unit of the Resource Policy Department in the Ministry of Defence. I live in Hämeenlinna, where I moved ...https://defmin.fi/en/-/special-adviser-timo-nyyssonen
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Return to page Areas of expertise Voluntary national defence Voluntary national defence and the coordination of voluntary national defence measures in various administrative sectors fall within the purview of the Ministry of Defence. It is the Min...https://defmin.fi/en/areas-of-expertise/voluntary-national-defence
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Ministry of Defence as employer The activities of the Ministry of Defence are based on the national defence policy and international defence policy cooperation. Its task is to ensure that Finland has the necessary military defence capabilities and...https://defmin.fi/en/ministry-of-defence/ministry-of-defence-as-a-workplace
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Members 2023 - CHAIRPERSON: MP Jarno Limnéll (NCP) DEPUTY CHAIRPERSONS AND THEIR PERSONAL DEPUTIES: Assistant to a MP Marika Sorja (TF) (Master of laws, assistant to a MP Ismo Nöjd (TF)) MP Tuula Väätäinen (SDP) (Head of communications Miia Järvi ...https://defmin.fi/en/the-advisory-board-for-defence-information-abdi/members
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Senior Officer for Legal Affairs Anna Gau 2.3.2023 13.17 Blog 1. Who are you? I am Anna Gau and I work as a Senior Officer for Legal Affairs at the Legal Unit of the Administration Policy Department. I have a Master of Laws degree from the Univers...https://defmin.fi/en/-/senior-officer-for-legal-affairs-anna-gau
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Defence cooperation agreement with the United States In August 2022, Finland decided to start negotiations with the United States on a new bilateral defence cooperation agreement (DCA). The DCA is a binding international agreement that sets forth ...https://defmin.fi/en/areas-of-expertise/international-defence-cooperation/international-conventions/defence-cooperation-agreement-with-the-united-states-dca-
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Return to page Areas of expertise Arms Control Arms control is a general term referring to efforts to restrain or control the quantity or characteristics of weapons or military assets or the use of weapon systems that are based on bilateral or mul...https://defmin.fi/en/areas-of-expertise/arms-control
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Departments and Units Administration Policy Department Director of Department: Teemu Penttilä The Administration Policy Department of the Ministry of Defence of Finland is responsible for the planning of defence administration operations and finan...https://defmin.fi/en/ministry-of-defence/management-and-organization/departments-and-units
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Special Adviser Ilmari Uljas 23.6.2022 9.58 Blog 1. Who are you? My name is Ilmari Uljas and I work in the Defence Cooperation Unit of the Defence Policy Department at the Ministry of Defence. I act as the Ministry’s EU Coordinator and together wi...https://defmin.fi/en/-/special-adviser-ilmari-uljas
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Special Adviser Riikka Pitkänen 25.8.2021 11.26 Blog 1. Who are you? I’m Riikka Pitkänen and I work as a Special Adviser in the Materiel Unit of the Resource Policy Department. I completed my Master of Administrative Sciences degree at the Univers...https://defmin.fi/en/-/special-adviser-riikka-pitkanen
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A permit to non-EU and non-EEA buyers to buy real estate Buyers from outside the EU and EEA will need a permit to buy property in Finland. A permit must be acquired when one of the following parties buys a real estate: A private individual who is ...https://defmin.fi/en/licences-and-services/authorisation-to-non-eu-and-non-eea-buyers-to-buy-real-estate
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21.1.2026 | Total Defense, Interdependency and Vulnerability in Modern Societies Per Brekke DSB Have overview of risks and vulnerability in society and take initiatives to prevent and protect health, the environment and vital societal functions… Societal Safe...https://defmin.fi/documents/236553176/238659714/Per_Brekke_ke_14.6._Helsinki_June_2017.pdf/f2b4d81a-ccd2-24be-99fe-42551148d719?t=1768988939650
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21.1.2026 | 1 The Swedish National Bureau of Investigation The threat of organised crime in the Baltic Sea Region 2 Rikskriminalpolisen 2013-04-03 Mobile organised crime groups West Balkan: Theft, burglary East Balkan: Skimming, ”gold vendors”, crimes against...https://defmin.fi/documents/236553176/238659714/Johan_Grenforsin_esityskuvat_25.4.2013.pdf/1de30228-28e9-df19-a5eb-31dd398be3dd?t=1768986668988
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21.1.2026 | 1 Framework Arrangement for Estonian-Finnish Defence Cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Estonia and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Finland 1. Introduction Estonia and Finland have strong cultural and histori...https://defmin.fi/documents/236553176/238659714/FI-EE_Framework_Arrangement.pdf/361f22d7-3fbc-9b67-5a3a-ec0e069fba84?t=1768989262850
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21.1.2026 | 2017_ver 1.0 Environmental Toolbox Technical Module Natural Resource Protection 2017_ver 1.0 ‹#› 2 Objectives Understand the importance of protecting natural resources in a base camp and the surrounding area: For deploying troops’ safety, health a...https://defmin.fi/documents/236553176/238659714/8_-_Natural_Resources_2017_ver1.0.pptx/7d624113-9c69-0305-4b20-38abf7b6dece?t=1768989865305
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21.1.2026 | MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF FINLAND AND THE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ICELAND REGARDING BILATERAL DEFENCE COOPERATION Introduction The Ministry of Defence of Finland and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of ...https://defmin.fi/documents/236553176/238659714/Finland-Iceland_MoU_final.pdf/d4a9c0b5-89bd-dc23-b722-f105d68be1a9?t=1768990010419
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21.1.2026 | 2017_ver 1.0 Environmental Toolbox 1 Technical Module Cultural Property Protection 2017_ver 1.0 The primary international resource for cultural heritage sites is the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), www.une...https://defmin.fi/documents/236553176/238659714/7_-_Cultural_Property_Protection_2017_ver1.0.pptx/12613482-8061-4f58-7632-da3876c8e7d5?t=1768989113956