20.5.2026 | The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy of the Finnish Government has outlined that the expenditure Finland will be reporting under NATO’s 1.5 per cent target for defence- and security-related spending will include statutory readiness and preparedness duties or capabilities critical to homeland defence that are sustained and developed by other branches of government than the Ministry of Defence.

Return to page Areas of expertise Security The priority of the security work in the Ministry of Defence is to create and maintain a high-level security culture to which the management in the administrative branch is committed on all levels. The fo...

2.6.2026 | A parliamentary working group on defence, appointed by the Finnish Government, examined the need to develop and resource Finland’s homeland defence in the 2030s.

2.6.2026 | Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen received on Tuesday 2 June 2026 the final report of a parliamentary working group examining the need to develop and resource Finland’s homeland defence in the 2030s.

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...

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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 ...

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...

27.3.2026 | On 27 March 2026, Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen denied six prospective buyers from outside the EU and EEA a permit to buy real estate in Finland.

24.4.2026 | ​​​​​​​The Finnish Government proposes that an agreement supplementing the Paris Protocol be accepted to facilitate the establishment and operations of international military headquarters in Finland. The government proposal was submitted to Parliament on 23 April 2026.

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28.1.2026 | On 10 December 2024, the Finnish Ministry of Defence set up a project to examine the need to amend the Act on the Expropriation of Immovable Property and Special Rights to Ensure National Security and related legislation. The objective was to draw an overview of how the current legislation should be amended to ensure fair and effective safeguarding of real estate critical to national security.

21.1.2026 | Prime Minister’s Office: Publications 18/2004 PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Finnish Security and Defence Policy 2004 Government report 6/2004 VNS 6/2004 vp Government report 6/2004 Finnish Security and Defence Policy 2004 Prime Minister's Office: Public...

13.11.2025 | Bulletins and reports December, 2021 20 21 :3 FINNS’ OPINIONS ON FOREIGN AND SECURITy POLICy, NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITy ABDI (MTS) The Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) Set up by the Government, the Advisory Board for Defence Infor...

13.11.2025 | THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR DEFENCE INFORMATION Bulletins and reports January, 2020 20 20 :3 FINNS`OPINIONS ON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY, NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY ABDI (MTS) The Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) Set up by the Governm...

13.11.2025 | The Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) Set up by the Government, the Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) is a perma- nent Parliamentary Committee, which administratively functions in the Ministry of Defence. In addition to par...

13.11.2025 | The Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) Set up by the Government, the Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) is a perma- nent Parliamentary Committee, which administratively functions in the Ministry of Defence. In addition to par...

16.1.2026 | F i n n i s h B o r d e r G u a r d N o r t h K a r e l i a B o r d e r G u a r d D i s t r i c t C o l o n e l M a t t i P i t k ä n i i t t y C o m ma n d e r o f t h e D i s t r i c t SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES Operational environ...

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...

21.1.2026 | AGREEMENT ON DEFENSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 CONTENTS Preamble Article 1 Scope and Purpose Article 2 Definitions Article 3 Access to and Use of Agreed Facil...