• Your identity has been established.
  • To establish your identity, you need to present us reliable identity documents (such as your passport) or give us reliable information about at least your name, date of birth, citizenship and family ties. When we are determining your identity, we will also take into account any information you have given earlier about your identity.
• You are at least 18 years of age.
• You have become a citizen of a Nordic country not by application but by some other way.
  • You have obtained your Nordic citizenship by declaration or at birth.
  • The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
• You live in Finland.
• You have been living in Finland for the past five years or longer.
  • You have had a municipality of residence registered in the Population Information System of Finland for the past five years.
• You have not been sentenced to conditional or unconditional imprisonment during the past five years.

These requirements must be met at the time you submit your declaration.

You can add minor children who are in your care as co-applicants to your declaration. Fill in a separate Attachment form for a child’s citizenship application or citizenship declaration (as a co-applicant), KAN_LIITELOMAKE (only in Finnish and Swedish) for each child.

You can fill in the application online in Enter Finland. 

If you cannot use Enter Finland, fill in a paper application. You will find a link to the application at the bottom of this page.

To pay the processing fee in Enter Finland: 

• pay the fee with a credit card or Finnish online banking credentials when you submit your application.

To pay the processing fee for a paper application:

• pay the fee when you visit a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service in Finland to prove your identity.

Book an appointment to visit a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service.

For more information, see:

• Book an appointment at a service point of the Finnish Immigration Service

• If you applied online in Enter Finland, you will receive notifications of your application's progress and of any requests for additional information by email and text message.
• If you applied on paper, you will receive notifications of your application's progress and of any requests for additional information by email.

For more information, see: Processing of applications

• You can receive a message from us when the processing stage of your application changes. For more information, see: Automated messages.
• Processing Time Checker will tell you the expected processing time of your application. 
• For more information, see: What affects the processing time of your application?