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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...

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...

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...

11.11.2019 | Undervisningsminister Li Andersson deltar i FN: s organisation för utbildning, vetenskap och kultur Unescos generalförsamling i Paris den 13 –14 november 2019. Forsknings - och kulturminister Hanna Kosonen deltar i kulturministrarnas forum i anslutning till generalförsamlingen den 19 november.

3.12.2018 | Europa-, kultur- och idrottsminister Sampo Terho har beviljat Finlanspriset till sju meriterade konstnärer och grupper. Priset gick till musikern Remu Aaltonen, Alt Arkkitehdit, Finnish Game Jam, författaren och översättaren Jyrki Kiiskinen, Koko Jazz Club, den kreativa chefen Paola Suhonen och filmregissören Selma Vilhunen.

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).

13.1.2011 | Åbo och Tallinn är Europas kulturhuvudstäder i år. EU:s kulturministrar har sedan 1985 utsett en eller flera städer till kulturhuvudstäder. Lördagen den 15 januari firas öppningen av året i Åbo.

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.

16.12.2013 | Finlandsprisen 2013 går till Ellips förlag, Jari Haanperä och Suomesta Galleria, Juha Jokela, Jyrki Karttunen, Pekka Lehto, gruppen PMMP samt Salla Simukka. Kultur- och idrottsminister Paavo Arhinmäki delade ut Finladsprisen på måndagen i Helsingfors. Finlandsprisen på 26 000 euro har delats ut sedan 1993 och beviljas ur tipsmedel.

28.1.2025 | More than 112,000 primary and lower secondary schoolchildren from 1,300 schools took part in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s national student survey. According to the survey, 85% of schoolchildren have a hobby they enjoy. 19% of lower secondary school students lack a hobby, even though lower secondary school students showed a great deal of interest in different leisure activities. They indicated an interest in trying out 11 leisure activities.

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.

Tekijänoikeusinfran pienryhmät kokoontuvat eri kokoonpanoissa ml. työpajoissa keskustelemaan luovien alojen teos- ja tekijätietokäytäntöihin, metadataan, teknologiaan ja infrastruktuurien kehittämiseen liittyen sekä IP-oikeuksien ja datan kysymyksistä. Tiekartta 2021; NFT't ja tietosuoja; 2022: EDIC (European Digital Infrastructure Consortium) 2023

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.

9.4.2025 | Seuratoiminnan kehittämistuki 2025 myönnöt HUOM! Tämä on myöntölista, josta ilmenee avustusta saaneet hakijat. Avustus maksetaan seuran tilille lähiviikkoina. Huomioitavaksi myös, että kaikki hakijat (joita oli 518) saavat päätöksen lähiviikkoina....