21.1.2026 | NORDISK KONFERENS Visby 24-26 april 2013 Östersjön Säkerhet och samarbete, trender och framtida risker. Hur bevarar vi säkerheten? Östersjön är ett av världens största och mest trafikerade innanhav. Östersjöländernas beroende av transporter av olj...

13.11.2025 | Planeringskommissionen för försvarsinformation, PFI, är en permanent parlamentarisk kommitté. PFI, bland annat, undersöker det säkerhetspolitiska åsikts- och opinionskli- matet i Finland. Statsrådet tillsätter PFI för riksdagens mandatperiod. Utöv...

21.1.2026 | Finlands säkerhets- och försvarspolitik 2004 Statsrådets redogörelse SRR 6/2004 Statsrådets kanslis publikationsserie 17/2004 STATSRÅDETS KANSLI SRR 6/2004 rd Statsrådets säkerhets- och försvarspolitiska redogörelse 2004 Finlands säkerhets- och fö...

Return to page Publications Defence Policy Reports Government Defence Report 2024 At its session on 19 December 2024, the Finnish Government approved the Government Defence Report based on Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen’s presentation. The rep...

Return to page Areas of expertise International defence cooperation The goal of international defence policy networking is to secure the defence capability with parties who are prepared to develop and use in cooperation their capabilities. Network...

Topical This section contains press releases from the Ministry of Defence, speeches from the Minister of Defence and topical themes. Russian attack on Ukraine and Finland's support to Ukraine Russia launched an invasion against Ukraine on Thursday...

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...

Return to page Areas of expertise Research Activities The operation of the Research Unit supports knowledge management in the Ministry. Research provides grounds for the planning, decision-making and development regarding defence capability. The r...

9.6.2026 | Puolustusministeri Antti Häkkänen piti englanninkielisen puheen Euroopan neuvoston kunta- ja aluehallintokongressin Social Inclusion -komitean kokouksessa Kouvolassa 9.6.2026.

9.6.2026 | Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen held a speech at the meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Social Inclusion and Human Dignity in Kouvola on 9 June 2026.

Return to page International defence cooperation JEF cooperation The UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force or JEF is a multilateral framework for defence cooperation formed by ten countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Ne...

Areas of expertise Finland’s membership in NATO Finland’s security environment was fundamentally altered when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Based on a reassessment of the security policy situation, Finland decided to ap...

Return to page International defence cooperation The Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) Defence cooperation between the five Nordic countries (NORDEFCO) has deepened considerably in recent years, especially due to Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO me...

Return to page Areas of expertise Conscription system and military training The Finnish Defence Forces trains those liable for military service for homeland defence tasks. This training is called the conscript service. All 18–65-year-old Finnish m...

25.6.2026 | The Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy outlined on Finland’s additional funding package of EUR 40 million to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative of NATO and the United States. The package is part of the commitment the Finnish Government agreed in its spring budget session to increase Finland’s military support to Ukraine by EUR 300 million in 2026–2027.

Special Adviser Julia Mikkola 10.2.2022 9.50 Blog 1. Who are you? My name is Julia Mikkola, and I work as a Special Adviser at the Finance Unit of the Administrative Policy Department in the Ministry of Defence. I started in my position last autum...

Common Security and Defence Policy and defence cooperation in the European Union Defence cooperation in the European Union reinforces the defence capabilities of EU Member States, strengthens the basis of a European defence capability and consolid...

Return to page Areas of expertise Finland’s membership in NATO Finland’s security environment was fundamentally altered when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Based on a reassessment of the security policy situation, Finlan...

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...

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...