Finnish to English translation

Order the English version first

Finland’s Digital and Population Data Services Agency says: “You can order a certificate in Finnish, Swedish or English.” If an English certificate from the population register covers what your reader needs, you may need no translation at all.

Source: Suomi.fi, certificates from the Population Information System (checked 19 September 2026)

The personal identity code

The henkilötunnus is the date of birth, a character marking the century of birth, three digits and a check character. It is copied exactly as printed, the century character included, so it matches every other record you hold.

Finnish or Swedish

Finland has two official languages, so a record may be in Finnish, Swedish or both, and places have two names, Helsinki and Helsingfors. Choose the language most of your document is in; Swedish-language records from Finland go under Swedish.

The ajokortti in full

Everything on the card: name, birth date, validity, the police department or agency that issued it, and a line for every category you hold, with any restriction code explained.

Records not available in English

Parish and older civil records, court decisions and extracts issued only in Finnish, translated with every stamp and register detail.

Study records

Degree certificates, their appendices and study records, course by course with credits and grades as Finland prints them. An unreadable word stays [illegible], never guessed.