Death abroad

If your family member passes away abroad, you must notify the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of the death. When the Digital and Population Data Services Agency receives the notification and an official certificate stating the person’s death, the death will be registered in the Population Information System. If necessary, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency will request you to provide additional information for the register entry.

You will receive an extract from the Population Information System when the death has been recorded.

If the Digital and Population Data Services Agency does not record the information you have submitted to it in the Population Information System, you will receive a decision stating it. You can make a claim for a revised decision concerning this register entry to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency within 30 days of having been informed of the decision. The instructions for making a claim for a revised decision are sent to you with to the decision.

Finnish citizens living in Sweden:

The Swedish authorities notify the Finnish Population Information System of the death through official channels. If the person is a citizen of both Finland and Sweden, Sweden considers the person to be its own citizen only and will not forward the information. A notification must therefore be submitted for persons with dual citizenship.