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Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland
We cover the whole of Lapland.
Our offices are located in Rovaniemi, in addition to which we have an officer from our Division of Education and Culture working part-time at the Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos in Inari and an officer from our Division of Health and Social Services, Legality and Licensing stationed in Kajaani.
The Director-General of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland is Ms Kaisa Ainasoja. Our various divisions employ a total of approximately 40 people.
The Division of Health and Social Services, Legality and Licensing of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland has national oversight in the following areas:
- enforcement of the Reindeer Husbandry Act
- reindeer meat control and enforcement
- recovery of aid under the Act Repealing the Act on the Regeneration of Lapland’s Low-yielding Forests
The Division of Education and Culture of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland has national oversight in matters relating to Sámi languages.
For the latest regional news, visit the website of the Regional Council of Lapland.
The Regional Council of Lapland
Our national responsibilities
Our national duties include
- duties relating to the Sámi languages
- duties under the Reindeer Husbandry Act (848/1990)
- reindeer meat inspection and enforcement
- duties relating to the recovery of aid under the Act Repealing the Act on the Regeneration of Lapland’s Low-Yielding Forests.
Read more about our responsibilities in the Divisions section.
Topical issues
Contact us
Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland – head office
Visiting address: Valtakatu 2, Rovaniemi
Postal address: PO Box 8002, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
The contact information of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland will change on 1 May
From 1 May 2021, the Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland will have a new
- postal address: P.O. Box 3, 13035 AVI
No changes will be made on the visiting address of the office in Rovaniemi.
[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 7300
- Administrative matters (e.g. enquiries, complaints, appeals): please contact our registry at [email protected] to submit official documents, have them entered into our case management system and find out about the competent authority in each case.
- Occupational Safety and Health: [email protected]
- Communications: [email protected]
Please only send documents containing confidential or otherwise sensitive information via secure email. The maximum size of email attachments is 20 MB. Larger files should be compressed or sent in multiple emails. Please remember that any information sent to us by email is at the sender’s risk.
Occupational Safety and Health
For the full contact details of occupational safety and health authorities, visit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s website.
Our email format is [email protected] For general enquiries, please use our generic email addresses. Your email will then be forwarded to the competent person in our organisation.
Director-General Kaisa Ainasoja, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7345
Administrative Secretary Leila Honkala, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7347
Health and Social Services, Legality and Licensing
- Director Leena Räsänen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7385
- Department Secretary Kristiina Kantola, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7359
Education and Culture
- Director Kaisa Post, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7355
- Planning Officer Marketta Enbuska, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7380
Emergency Services
- Director Joni Henttu, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7364
- Department Secretary Kristiina Kantola, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7359
Communications
- Regional Manager Anne Leinonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7313
- [email protected]
You can use the personnel search to find the contact information of our staff.
Personnel search
We process e-invoices only and prefer e-invoices that are compliant with the European norm. Please send your invoices via the central government’s e-invoicing operator OpusCapita Group Ltd. Please include the business unit ID and your contact person’s name in your invoice. You can also upload supporting documents with your invoice. Our preferred file format for attachments is PDF.
EDI ID: 00370245428436601
Operator ID (OpusCapita Solutions Oy): E204503
Business ID: 0245428-4
VAT number: FI02454284
We will not accept invoices sent by post or e-mail, only e-invoices submitted using the e-invoicing system (Act 241/2019). Please ensure that your invoice meets the requirements of the VAT Act concerning the mandatory information content of an invoice. Any faulty or incomplete invoices are returned. If you do not have your own e-invoicing system, you can use the central government’s Basware Supplier Portal to draw up and send invoices. The service is currently provided free of charge.
Instructions for creating an account and using the portal on the State Treasury’s website.
Act on Electronic Invoicing for Contracting Entities and Traders (in finnish)
Tax Administration's guidance on VAT invoice requirements
The Finnish Government’s Shared Services Centre for Finance and HR (Palkeet) also answers questions relating to the use of the e-invoicing service. The telephone number is +358 (0)29 556 3700 and the email address is [email protected]