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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...

Ministry of Education and Culture Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity Mika Poutala Christian Democrats in Finland Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity Poutala is responsible for matters covered by the Department of Youth and S...

16.2.2026 | Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity Mika Poutala will visit the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics between 17 and 22 February.

12.11.2025 | The Sports Ministers of 33 countries and the European Commission have expressed their grave concern about the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in September to discontinue the partial suspensions of the National Paralympic Committees of Belarus and Russia from the Paralympic Games.

The subgroups for copyright infrastructure meet in different configurations including workshops to discuss topical issues related to practices on identifiers in the creative field, metadata, technology and infrastructure development, and legal issues linked to data and IP. A draft roadmap has been developed during year 2021. In 2022 focus on NFT's, data protection and EDICs (European Digital Infrastructure Consortium).

10.6.2025 | The growth of the creative industries and the creative economy is based on companies in the sector, their growth and internationalisation. Compared to its reference countries, such as Sweden, Finland has so far not really known how to make use of immaterial value creation. The creative industries still have a considerable amount of untapped potential for economic growth in Finland.

11.3.2025 | Sandra Bergqvist, Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity will be travelling with the Finnish Paralympic Committee to Italy and visit the Special Olympics World Winter Games for athletes with disabilities between 12 and 14 March 2025.

15.12.2022 | More than 164,000 primary and lower secondary schoolchildren from 1,500 schools took part in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s national student survey. They were asked what extra-curricular activities they would like to try out and what their main reasons for engaging in leisure activities were. More children and young people (85%) now have a meaningful leisure activity than was the case in the 2020 survey.

26.8.2024 | Sandra Bergqvist, Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity, will attend the Paralympics in Paris from 28 to 30 August, and Sari Multala, Minister of Science and Culture, will be there from 5 to 6 September. The ministers will follow various sports that Finnish Paralympic athletes will be competing in, such as para archery, wheelchair sprint events and para equestrian.

6.3.2024 | Ministry of Education and Culture | Media Literacy and Education in Finland | 3/2024 Media Literacy and Education in Finland Media shapes our perception of the world. Newspapers, private and state-funded TV channels as well as different websites, ...

17.12.2020 | A record number of 197,040 children and young people took part in the pupil and student survey conducted by the Ministry of Education and Culture. This is a significant achievement for an online survey both by national and international standards. More than one third of pupils and students in primary and lower secondary education participated in the survey (35 per cent of all pupils and student...

14.5.2024 | The Finnish Heritage Agency and its partners have produced a 3D model of Petäjävesi Old Church to help preserve valuable information of this cultural heritage site for future generations. Accurate measurement data will also help those planning the restoration and repairs of the church.

1.11.2022 | President of the International Olympic Committee Dear Mr Bach, We, the like-minded ministers of the Member States of the European Union responsible for the sports agenda, are concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine caused by the ongoin...

Central government funding for youth work The Ministry of Education and Culture funds youth work from the proceeds of gaming activities and budget funding. Appropriations and budget items in the youth sector in Youth work has been allocated EUR 71...

20.7.2021 | Minister of Science and Culture Antti Kurvinen will visit the Tokyo Summer Olympics on 23–27 July 2021. During his visit, Minister Kurvinen will attend the opening of the Olympic Games and show his support for Finland’s athletes. He will also meet with Japanese partners to discuss issues related to education, research and innovation.

27.1.2021 | The EU Ministers responsible for Sports submitted a letter to Commissioner Mariya Gabriel in order to secure human rights in sport and major sporting events, both within and outside of the European Union. The ministers wished to reiterate the message of the statement made by the EU sport ministers in 2013 where all states that participate in organising major sporting events, such as the Olympic Gam...

3.12.2019 | China-Finland Year of Winter Sports Closing Ceremony took place at Lappi Areena in Rovaniemi on 3 December 2019. Minister of Science and Culture Hanna Kosonen and Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan took part in the celebrations.

26.2.2021 | A study on the effects of diminished proceeds from gambling activities has been completed. The study examines four options for developing the Finnish gambling system. The working group sets as its primary option a comprehensive overhaul that would place gambling proceeds within the scope of universal coverage in central government revenue and existing beneficiaries would be under the spending limits procedure. The report was published on 26 February.

11.11.2019 | Minister of Education Li Andersson will attend the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 13–14 November 2019 in Paris. Minister of Science and Culture Hanna Kosonen will attend a forum of culture ministers held in conjunction with the General Conference on 19 November.

4.6.2018 | According to Minister for Sport Sampo Terho, Finland should be developed into a leading country in e-sports. Minister Terho hosted a round table discussion on e-sports today, and he wishes that the discussion would not only contribute to the development of e-sports but also give e-sports more visibility.