Unit for Northern Europe
The Unit covers issues concerning the following countries:
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
The unit is responsible for the following issues:
- political, trade political and economic issues related to bilateral relations and EU relations
- guidance of the Finnish missions based in the countries of the region
- Nordic cooperation
- cooperation between the Baltic States and the Nordic countries
- Baltic Sea cooperation
- arctic cooperation
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Kalle Kankaanpää
Director
- +358 295 351 816
Christina Lehtinen
Team Leader
- +358 295 351 787
Kirsi Hurme
Assistant Desk Officer
visit arrangements
- +358 295 351 147
Anneli Gyldén
Departmental Secretary
supporting administrative tasks
- +358 295 350 747
Heli Lehto
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 165
Théo Mercier
Trainee
- +358 50 573 5225
Christer Michelsson
Senior Adviser
- +358 295 535 0814
Secretariat for Nordic cooperation, Nordic Council of Ministers
The Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the general planning and coordination of Finland's Nordic cooperation. The Secretariat takes care of, for example, the preparation of Nordic prime ministerial meetings and the meetings of ministers for Nordic cooperation.
The Chief of the Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation represents Finland in the Nordic Committee for Cooperation.
Johan Schalin
Chief of the Secreteriat for Nordic Cooperation
- +358 295 351 781
Ville Andersson
- +358 295 350 565
Leena Saarikoski
Second Secretary
Desk Officer
Nordic cooperation
- +358 2 953 504 59
Leami Holm
Assistant Desk Officer
Nordic cooperation
- +358 295 350 402
Jonna Jauhiainen
- +358 295 350 568
Baltic Sea Region cooperation
Helena Tuuri
- +358 295 350 321
Kristina Pingoud
Senior Adviser
Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
- +358 295 351 198
Arctic and Antarctic cooperation
Petteri Vuorimäki
- +358 295 350 458
Jenny Haukka
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 585