Moving between the Nordic countries
Notify your move in accordance with the instructions on this page when moving from one Nordic country to Finland or from Finland to another Nordic country.
When you move from another Nordic country to Finland
If you aim to live in Finland for at most six months, you do not have to notify it to the Finnish authorities.
If you intend to live in Finland for more than six months, you must visit our service location personally so that we can register you. Bring a valid identity card showing your nationality, such as a passport. Register as soon as possible but no later than one month after moving to Finland.
Anyone moving from another Nordic country must visit our service location personally and prove their identity. For example, you cannot make registration on behalf of your children.
1. Book an appointment for our service location by electronic booking
2. Submit a notification of move.
- You can submit a notification of move in the joint online service of us and Posti. To identify yourself, you need Finnish online banking codes or a mobile certificate.
- You can also submit a notification of move using a paper form, which you can have from Posti or our service location. The form cannot be completed electronically or printed from anywhere.
3. Include a valid identity card and a notification of move in paper form if you have not notified the move electronically. Please note that anyone moving with you must come personally to our service location and prove their identity.
Please provide us with your personal identity code or personal number used in another Nordic country. This way, your personal data will be transferred electronically from the register authority of the country of origin to us. At the same time, we can inform the register authority of the country of origin that you have moved to Finland.
1. Book an appointment for our service location by electronic booking
2. Submit a notification of move.
- You can submit a notification of move in the joint online service of us and Posti. To identify yourself, you need Finnish online banking codes or a mobile certificate.
- You can also submit a notification of move using a paper form, which you can have from Posti or our service location. The form cannot be completed electronically or printed from anywhere.
3. Include a valid identity card and a notification of move in paper form if you have not notified the move electronically. Please note that anyone moving with you must come personally to our service location and prove their identity.
Please provide us with your personal identity code or personal number used in another Nordic country. This way, your personal data will be transferred electronically from the register authority of the country of origin to us. At the same time, we can inform the register authority of the country of origin that you have moved to Finland.
Under certain conditions, you can permanently move to Finland. The general prerequisites for receiving a home municipality are entry into the country, residence in Finland and the intention to live in Finland for at least one year. In addition to the general prerequisites, you must demonstrate the permanent nature of your living by means found on our Municipality of residence page. If the prerequisites for receiving a municipality of residence are met, proceed as follows:
1. Book an appointment for our service location by electronic booking
2. Submit a notification of move.
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You can submit a notification of move in the joint online service of us and Posti. To identify yourself, you need Finnish online banking codes or a mobile certificate.
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You can also submit a notification of move using a paper form, which you can have from Posti or our service location. The form cannot be completed electronically or printed from anywhere.
3. Include a valid identity card and a notification of move in paper form if you have not notified the move electronically. In addition, you will need to include documents proving the permanent nature of housing. Please note that anyone moving with you must come personally to our service location and prove their identity.
Please provide us with your personal identity code or personal number used in another Nordic country. This way, your personal data will be transferred electronically from the register authority of the country of origin to us. At the same time, we can inform the register authority of the country of origin that you have moved to Finland.
If you are a foreign citizen and move to Finland, your information will be recorded in the Finnish Population Information System if the conditions are met. At the same time, you will be assigned a Finnish personal identity code. To get a personal identity code, you must visit a service location in person. If you are a citizen of another Nordic country, you do not need to justify permanent residence in Finland, but registration of a temporary address requires justification. Read more about address registration and the personal identity code on our page on Registration of a foreigner’s personal data.
1. Complete the form titled The registration information of a foreigner, preferably before the visit. Fill in the attachments if necessary.
The registration information of a foreigner
Appendix A - Marriage or registered partnership
2. Book an appointment for our service location by electronic booking
3. Please bring the following documents with you:
- your valid passport or EU citizen's official identity card with a photograph
- your residence permit card or some other proof that you have entered Finland legally
- a certificate of registration of the right of residence of an EU citizen
- proof of your work or studies in Finland (for example, an employment contract or a certificate of student status)
- if necessary, the original, legalised and translated certificates of family relations and other official documents containing information that you would like the Digital and Population Data Services Agency to record in the Population Information System. Remember to check if the certificates must be legalised and/or translated.
Please provide us with your personal identity code or personal number used in another Nordic country. This way, your personal data will be transferred electronically from the register authority of the country of origin to us. At the same time, we can inform the register authority of the country of origin that you have moved to Finland.
4. Inquiries and email messages will not speed up the processing of notifications. We will contact you if we need further information.
5. You will receive confirmation of registration after your data has been saved. Check that the data has been entered correctly. If for some reason we do not record the information you have submitted in the Population Information System, you will receive a decision on this. Instructions for submitting a request for administrative review are attached to the decision.
Moving from Finland to another Nordic country
If you move from Finland to another Nordic country, submit a notification of move to us and the register authority of the country to which you are moving.
Nordic local register authorities:
Finland: Digital and Population Data Services Agency
Iceland: Þjóðskrá Íslands
Norway: Skattekontoret
Sweden: Skatteverket
Denmark: Municipalities of Denmark, Municipalities in Greenland, Municipalities in the Faroe Islands
Frequently asked questions
The treaty concluded between the Nordic countries requires that a person moving from one Nordic country to another act in person with the registration authority of the country of arrival, i.e. in Finland, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. We are bound by this agreement and we cannot make an exception, for example for Finnish citizens.
The country to which you moved can decide how it registers your move. For example, Denmark often registers temporary moves as permanent. If you wish to correct an incorrectly registered move in another Nordic country, contact your local register authority.
Links to relevant laws
Population Registration Agreement between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
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