Contact information

This is where you find the contact information of all Regional State Administrative Agencies and members of staff.

Our communications team

List of municipalities in the areas of operation of the Regional State Administrative Agencies

Our customer service

Our customer service will provide advice, if your enquiry relates to a specific case, such as your or your organisation’s licence. You will find the contact information for customer service on our website: Customer service.

Southern Finland

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland – head office

Postal address: P.O. Box 1, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Wähäjärvenkatu 6, Hämeenlinna

[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 6000
Fax: +358 (0)29 501 6661
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]
  • Environmental Permits: [email protected]
  • Communications: head of comminication [email protected], head of communication in environmental issues [email protected].

Please only send documents containing confidential or otherwise sensitive information via secure email. The maximum size of emails including attachments is 50 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.

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Contact information of the staff

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Helsinki office

Postal address: P.O. Box 1, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (not to the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Ratapihantie 9, Helsinki
Fax: +358 (0)29 501 6661

Kouvola office

Postal address: P.O. Box 1, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (not to the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Valimontie 5, Kouvola
Fax: +358 (0)29 501 6661

Please make an appointment in advance with the person you wish to see. 

Visits to the Kouvola office as of 1 January 2021

As of 1 January 2021, the customer service of the Kouvola office will be located in the service desk of the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Salpakeskus (address Salpausselänkatu 22). 
Customer meetings at the regional state administrative agency's customer premises are arranged in advance by appointment:

  • by telephone 0295 016 000 (exchange)
  • by e-mail with the expert responsible for the matter at hand (contact details can be obtained from the exchange, if necessary).

Environmental Permits

Hämeenlinna head office
Division of Environmental Permits

Postal address: P.O. Box 1, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (not to the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Wähäjärvenkatu 6, Hämeenlinna
Fax: +358 (0)29 501 6661

Helsinki office
Division of Environmental Permits

Postal address: P.O. Box 1, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (not to the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Ratapihantie 9, Helsinki

Turku office
Postal address: P.O. Box 4, 13035 AVI, Finland (unofficial correspondence only)
Visiting address: Itsenäisyydenaukio 2, Turku

Occupational Safety and Health

We serve customers by phone through a national telephone service tel. 0295 016 620 and by email at [email protected].

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 Merja Ekqvist
Management Assistant Taina Kemppi, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6051

Basic Public Services, Legal Rights and Permits

  • Director Kristiina Poikajärvi, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6000
  • Head of Alcohol Licensing Riku-Matti Lehikoinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6155
  • Head of Trade Supervision Unit Ilkka Heikkilä, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6081
  • Head of Legality Esa Tommiska, tel. +358 (0)295 016 213
  • Head of Social Welfare and Health Care Complaints Meiju Heikkinen, tel. +358 (0)295 016 382
  • Head of Registration of Health and Social Services Mikko Floréen, tel. +358 (0)295 016 484
  • Head of Supervision of Social Welfare and Health Care Niina Väkeväinen, tel. +358 (0)295 016 356
  • Head of Wellbeing, Health and Safety Anne Hiiri, tel. +358 (0)295 016 067
  • Head of Environmental Health Tanja Häkkinen, tel. +358 (0)295 016 245
  • Head of Accessibility Enforcement Johanna Kuokkanen-Muotka, tel. +358 (0)295 016 574

Emergency Services

  • Director Tommi Laurinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6144
  • Deputy Director, Head of the Preparedness Unit Esa-Pentti Lukkarinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6089 
  • Senior Officer, Rescue Services, Head of the Rescue Services Unit Mira Leinonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6572
  • Senior Planning Officer Veera Riikkula, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7524 

Environmental Permits

  • Director Teemu Lehikoinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6415
  • Head of Environmental Protection Anna Laiho, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6368
  • Head of Water Management Maria Kukonlehto, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6214
  • Head of Support Services Malin Kuurberg, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6411
  • [email protected]

Education and Culture

  • Director Marja-Liisa Keski-Rauska, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8815
  • Planning Officer Kirsi Pekkanen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6557
  • Head of Education Satu Kilpinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6194
  • Head of Culture Kristian Åbacka, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6537

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration and Development

  • Director Henrika Räsänen

Communications

  • Head of communications Johanna Koskela, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6131
  • Head of communications (Environmental Permits) Tiina Strand, +358 (0)29 501 8837

You can use the personnel search to find the contact information of our staff.
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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: 00371094544636101
Business ID: 1094544-6
VAT number: FI10945446
Operator ID (OpusCapita Group Ltd): E204503

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].

Eastern Finland

Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland – head office

Postal address: P.O. Box 2, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Raatihuoneenkatu 5, Mikkeli

[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 6000
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]
  • Communications: Head of communications Auli Posti, [email protected]

Please only send documents containing confidential or otherwise sensitive information via secure email. The maximum size of email including attachments is 50 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.

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Joensuu office

Postal address: P.O. Box 2, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Kauppakatu 40, Joensuu

Kuopio office

Postal address: P.O. Box 2, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Hallituskatu 12-14, Kuopio

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.

Helplines and other ways to get in touch

Director-General Markku Tervahauta, tel. +358 (0)295 016 000
Secretary to the Director-General, Planning Officer Sirpa Kesonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6909

Basic Public Services, Legal Rights and Permits

  • Director Ulla Ahonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6888

Education and Culture

  • Director Anu Liljeström, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6224

Emergency Services

  • Director Kai Horelli, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6870

Occupational Safety and Health

Environmental Permits

  • Director Johanna Ahonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6867

Communications

  • Head of communications Auli Posti, tel. +358 (0)29 501 6854

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: 00371094822536301
Operator ID (OpusCapita Solutions Oy): E204503    
Business ID: 1094822-5
VAT number: FI10948225

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].

Lapland

Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland – head office

Postal address: P.O. Box 3, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Valtakatu 2, Rovaniemi

[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 6000

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: head of communcation [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.

Send secure email.

Contact information of the staff

Personnel search (in Finnish)

Occupational Safety and Health

For the full contact details of occupational safety and health authorities, visit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s website.

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
Management Secretary Satu Salonen, tel. +358 (0)295 017 029

Basic Public Services, Legal Rights and Permits

  • Director Marja-Lea Hallikainen , tel. +358 (0) 29 501 7065  
  • Department Secretary Eija Kallo, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7362

Education and Culture

  • Director Kaisa Post, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7355
  • Planning Officer Outi Savolainen, 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

  • Head of communications Anne Leinonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7313

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].

Southwestern Finland

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southwestern Finland – head office

Postal address: P.O. Box 4, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southwestern Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Itsenäisyydenaukio 2, Turku

[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 6000

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: head of communication [email protected] 

Please only send documents containing confidential or otherwise sensitive information via secure email. The maximum size of email including attachments is 50 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.

Send secure email

Contact information of the staff

Personnel search (in Finnish)

Mariehamn office (Occupational Safety and Health)

Postal address: P.O. Box 9, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Torggatan 16, Mariehamn

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.

Acting Director-General Ilkka Horelli, tel. +358 (0)295 018 061

  • Secretary to the Director-General, Planning Officer Pirjo Ojanen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8052

Management Support

  • Director Raija Hurskainen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8040

Basic Public Services, Legal Rights and Permits

  • Director Heikki Mäki, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8094
  • Head of Unit, Complaints and Supervision in Social Welfare and Health Care, Pia Leikasto, tel. +358 (0)295 018 033
  • Head of Unit, Registration of Health and Social Services, Pauli Kamsula, tel. +358 (0)295 018 083
  • Head of Trade Supervision Unit, Pepe Uskelin, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8124
  • Head of Unit, Environmental Health, Jani Soini, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8115
  • Head of Projects Unit, Jaana Jaakkola, tel. +358 (0)295 018 070

Education and Culture

  • Director Lea Karjomaa, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8077

Emergency Services  

  • Deputy Director Tero Kuusisto, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8009

Occupational Safety and Health

  • Director Riitta Sulameri, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8168
  • Head of Construction, Logistics and Maritime Transport Enforcement Anette Lehtonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8184
  • Head of Industry Enforcement Mervi Suokas, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8185
  • Head of Service Sector Enforcement Jan Mikkonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8163
  • Head of Immigration and Lawyer Control and Enforcement in the Åland Islands Anu Ikonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8143
  • Head of Public Administration Enforcement Ulla Riikonen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8174

Internal Audit

Head of Internal Audit Kristina Alakylä, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8135

Communications

  • Head of communications Mari Kaarnavaara-Puutio, tel. +358 (0)295 016 410

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: 00371095237136201
Business ID: 1095237-1
VAT number: FI10952371
Operator ID (OpusCapita Solutions Oy): E204503

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].

Western and Inland Finland

Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland – head office

Postal address: P.O. Box 5, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Wolffintie 35, Vaasa

[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)29 501 6000
Fax: +358 (0)6 317 4817

Office hours: Monday–Friday, 8.00 am – 4.15 pm

  • Administrative matters (e.g. enquiries, complaints, appeals): [email protected]; 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: Communications Manager Jenni Westö ([email protected]; tel. +358 295 018 477)

Please only send documents containing confidential or otherwise sensitive information via secure email. The maximum size of emails including the attachments is 50 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.

Send secure email

Contact information of the staff

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Tampere office

Postal address: P.O. Box 5, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Yliopistonkatu 38, Tampere

Jyväskylä office

Postal address: P.O. Box 5, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Hannikaisenkatu 47, 40100 Jyväskylä

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 Marko Pukkinen
Secretary to the Director-General Elisabet Heinrich, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8511

Basic Public Services, Legal Rights and Permits

  • Director Leena Laajala, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8549
  • Head of Trade Supervision Unit Maarit Laaninen, tfn 0295 018 552
  • Head of Legality Kristian Dahl, tfn 0295 018 528
  • Head of Social Welfare and Health Care Niina Siirilä, tfn 0295 018 563
  • Head of Environmental Health Matti Nyberg, tfn 0295 018 572 

Education and Culture

  • Director Esa Kaunisto, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8150

Swedish-language education

  • Director Marianne West-Ståhl, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8623

Emergency Services

  • Director Tarja Wiikinkoski, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8800

Occupational Safety and Health

  • Director Hanna Makkula, tel. +358 (0)29 5018 559

Environmental Permits

  • Director Tarja Savea, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8777

Communications

  • Head of communications Jenni Westö, tel. +358 (0)29 501 8477

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 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: 00372284140936401
Business ID: 2284140-9
VAT number: FI22841409
Operator ID (OpusCapita Solutions Oy): E204503  

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].

 

Northern Finland

Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland – head office

Postal address: P.O. Box 6, 13035 AVI, Finland

Please send your letter to the P.O. Box of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland (not the visiting address). Please address the letter only to the Regional State Administrative Agency (post with an official's name will cause delays in the processing of your matter).

Visiting address: Linnankatu 3, Oulu

[email protected]
Telephone: +358 (0)295 016 000

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 including attachments is 50 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.

Send secure email.

Please make an appointment with the person you wish to see in advance.

Contact information of the staff

Personnel search (in Finnish)

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)295 017 345

Management Support

  • Management Adviser Tommi Lantto, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7701
  • Development Manager Siiri Oinas-Panuma, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7535

Health and Social Services, Legality and Licensing

  • Director Pari Hirvikoski, Maria Siurua, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7546
  • Planning Office Riitta Kinnunen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7516
  • Head of Trade Enforcement and Environmental Health, Legal Counsel Sinikka Siniluoto-Heikkinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7591
  • Head of Trade Supervision Unit, Legal Counsel Matti Pihlajamaa, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7584
  • Head of Social Welfare Unit, Senior Officer for Social Services Mirka Mäkipää, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7021
  • Head of Health Care Unit, Senior Medical Officer of Regional Administration Pasi Hirvikoski tel. +358 (0)295 017 598
  • Head of Environmental Health Unit, 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 Petteri Koskinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7544
  • Department Secretary Tiina Ulvinen, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7079
  • Department Secretary Sirpa Hassila, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7553

Occupational Safety and Health

  • Director Hanna-Kaisa Rajala, tel. +358 (0) 44 7159 516

Environmental Permits

  • Director (fixed term) Sami Koivula, tel. +358 (0)29 501 7651

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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: 00370245422536501
Operator ID (OpusCapita Solutions Oy): E204503
Business ID: 0245422-5
VAT number: FI02454225

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].