Finland

Professional association:

Suomen Hautaustoimistojen Liitto r.y.
Uomatie 4
FI-01600 VANTAA
Phone: + 358 40 840 9002
Fax:       + 358 9 2245076  
Email:  info@hautaustoimistojenliitto.fi
Web site: www.hautaustoimistojenliitto.fi

President:
Ms Kyllikki Forsius
Kyllikki ja Petri Forsius Hautaustoimisto Ay
Uomatie 4
FIN-01600 Vantaa
phone +358 500 540 775
E-mail: Kyllikki.forsius@hautaus.fi

Transport Agreement:

General information:
5,24 million inhabitants (July 2008 est.)
††††  10,0 deaths/1.000 population  (2008 est)

National language:
Finish 91,5%, Swedish 5,5%, other 3,0% (small Sami- and Russianspeaking minorities) (2006)

First obligatory foreign language in public education:

Religions:
The Lutheran Evangelical Church 82,5 %, The Orthodox Church 1,1 %, others 1,2 %, None 15,1 % (2006)

National holidays:
6 December

Special regulations/legislation concerning repatriation of deceased persons or human ashes:
1. To bring a deceased into the country
2. To bring the deceased out of the country.

Basic information about cemeteries or churchyards (administration, ownership):
A. 
B.
C
D.
E.