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Audiovisual culture in Finland Audiovisual culture comprises films, television and radio programs, digital games, music videos and video art. The promotion of audiovisual culture in Finland includes the production, distribution and presentation of...

Culture Finland’s cultural policy comprises the different sectors of arts and culture, museums, cultural heritage, libraries, cultural exports and creative work. Arts and culture are supported by both central and local government. The Ministry of ...

Brochures related to art and culture, copyright and libraries This page gives a list of the Ministry’s links to brochures on art and culture, copyright and libraries in Finland. Cultural policy promotes arts and culture Cultural policy promotes ar...

EU and international cooperation in arts and culture The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for international cultural policy and participates in its development and implementation in international organisations and the European Unio...

Product and service development in arts and culture Funding for arts and culture, granted by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Arts Promotion Centre, forms the foundation for product and service development in arts and culture. Funding...

Arts and culture in Finland The abundance of cultural institutions and the comprehensiveness of the cultural institution network are typical of Finland's arts and culture scene. The range of cultural offerings is broad-scoped, and citizens activel...

EU and international cooperation in arts and culture The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for international cultural policy and participates in its development and implementation in international organisations and the European Unio...

Creative economy Creative economy emphasises the significance and added value of culture and creativity in the national economy. Exploitation of the skills, products and services of creative industries has become a significant competitiveness fact...

Extended collective licensing Extended collective licensing makes it possible for copyright societies to grant licences also on behalf of non-represented authors. This makes it easier to acquire licences in a centralised way. Based on collective n...

Cultural exports and market entries The cultural and creative sectors constitute a medium large sector in Finland’s national economy, both as regards the value added and the number of employees. However, the domestic market in Finland is rather sm...

Copyright societies Copyright societies represent authors, performing artists and other copyright holders in their respective fields, and administer their rights. Among other things, they collect and distribute copyright remunerations to righthold...

Media Literacy in Finland The interest for Finnish media education has been increasing in recent years. On this page, we have gathered information and materials on media literacy that are available in the ministry’s administrative branch. Media li...

Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes The network of Finnish cultural and academic institutes comprises institutes around the world. The institutes advance the international mobility, visibility and collaboration of Finnish professionals in the...

Visual arts in Finland Visual arts comprise painting, sculpting, graphics, photography, media and cartoon art, arts and crafts, performance and location-based art. The Ministry of Education and Culture funds visual arts with appropriations from th...

Literature in Finland The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for the preparation of legislation related to the promotion of literature and for the allocation of appropriations from the national Budget. The Ministry of Education and C...

Copyright Infrastructure Task Force The Copyright Infrastructure Task Force is an expert forum between multiple countries that promotes standardisation with a view to improving the interoperability and trustworthiness of copyright data. Common dat...

Special tasks related to remunerations The Ministry of Education and Culture approves the copyright societies that are in charge of tasks related to public lending remuneration, resale remuneration for visual arts, and the remuneration for the use...

New Literacies Programme The New Literacies Programme aims to strengthen children’s and young people’s media literacy, competence in information and communications technology (ICT), and programming skills in early childhood education and care, pre...

EU and international cooperation in the library field When it comes to the international cooperation in the library field, the role of the Ministry of Education and Culture encompasses influencing decisions to be made at state and EU level already...

Financing of libraries Municipalities are responsible for organising the public library services. Public library services are financed by the municipalities and the state together. The state finances library services by allocating central governme...