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Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland
We cover the regions of North Ostrobothnia and Kainuu.
The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland also has jurisdiction over occupational safety and health and environmental permits in Lapland. Our head office is in Oulu, and we also employ staff in Rovaniemi, Kemi, Kajaani, Jyväskylä and Tampere.
The Director-General of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland is Ms Terttu Savolainen. We employ approximately 140 people in five different divisions and management support roles.
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About as
The Division of Health and Social Services, Legality and Licensing of the Regional State
Administrative Agency for Northern Finland has national oversight in the following area:
- coordination and enforcement of health care services for prisoners and the armed forces
The Division of Emergency Services of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern
Finland has national oversight in the following area:
- aerial forest fire surveillance
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland has national oversight in the following area:
- nationwide occupational safety and health communications
The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland also has jurisdiction over occupational safety and health in Lapland.
Environmental permits. The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland also has jurisdiction over environmental permits in Lapland.
The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland also has jurisdiction over nationwide analysis of health and social services.
Northern Finland (North Ostrobothnia and Kainuu) has
- a population consisting of
- 18.4% of children up to the age of 14 years
- 60.6% of people aged between 15 and 64 years
- 21% of people aged over 65 years
- approximately 187,765 jobs
Contact us
Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland – head office
Visiting address: Linnankatu 3
Postal address: PO Box 293, 90101 Oulu, Finland
[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 7500
Office hours: Monday–Friday, 8.00 am – 4.15 pm
- 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.
Please make an appointment with the person you wish to see in advance.
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 Terttu Savolainen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7551
Assistant to the Director-General Tiina Ulvinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7017
Management Support
- Director Jukka Erkkilä, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7540
- Management Adviser Tommi Lantto, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7701
- Development Manager Olli Aulaskari, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7533
- Planning Officer Siiri Oinas-Panuma, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7535
- Assistant to the Director-General Tiina Ulvinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7017
Health and Social Services, Legality and Licensing
- Director Maria Siurua, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7546
- Management Secretary Riitta Kinnunen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7516
- Head of Social Welfare and Health Care, Senior Medical Officer of Regional Administration Pasi Hirvikoski tel. +358 (0)295 017 598
- Head of Trade Enforcement and Environmental Health, Legal Counsel Sinikka Siniluoto-Heikkinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7591
Education and Culture
- Director Veijo Kosola, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7570
Emergency Services
- Director Pasi Ryynänen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7555
- Department Secretary Sirpa Hassila, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7553
Occupational Safety and Health
- Director Päivi Suorsa, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7630
Environmental Permits
- Director (fixed term) Sami Koivula, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7651
Communications
- Regional Manager Alpo Merilä, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7530
- [email protected]
You can use the personnel search to find the contact information of our staff.
Personnel search
All our incoming invoices are processed and filed electronically. 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: 00370245422536501
Operator ID (OpusCapita Solutions Oy): E204503
Business ID: 0245422-5
VAT number: FI02454225
We are unfortunately unable to process invoices sent by post or email. Any paper invoices that we receive are returned to the sender unpaid. 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.
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]
What we do
The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland engages in interregional cooperation with, for example, the Republic of Karelia, the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the Chinese province of Hainan. These partnerships have helped to increase cooperation between educational institutions, broaden students’ understanding of the world through foreign exchange programmes and promote local government joint ventures. Our other partners include the northernmost counties of Sweden and Norway.
The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland is also an active member of the European Association of State Territorial Representatives.
Erasmus+ (2020–2023): Out in the World Together
Senior Education Officer Sirpa Kova