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

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.