SOURCES
Finnish Wildlife Agency
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Useful Contacts
Finnish Wildlife Agency
Fantsintie 13–14
FI-00890 HELSINKI
+358 29 431 2001
www.riista.fi
The Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry
PO Box 30
FI-00023 GOVERNMENT
+358 29 516 001
www.mmm.fi
Metsähallitus
P.O. Box 94w
FI-01301 VANTAA
+358 20 564 100
www.metsa.fi
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FINLAND
Climate: The main factor
infl uencing Finland’s climate
is the country’s geographical
position between the 60th
and 70th northern parallels
in the Eurasian continent’s
coastal zone. In the Köppen
climate classification, the
whole of Finland lies in the
boreal zone, characterized by
warm summers and freezing
winters. Within the country,
the temperateness varies
considerably between the
southern coastal regions and
the extreme north, showing
characteristics of both a
maritime and a continental
climate. Finland is near
enough to the Atlantic Ocean
to be continuously warmed
by the Gulf Stream. The Gulf
Stream combines with the
moderating eff ects of the
Baltic Sea and numerous
inland lakes to explain the
unusually warm climate
compared with other regions
that share the same latitude,
such as Alaska, Siberia, and
southern Greenland.
presented, for example, in the form of an
invitation, as a prerequisite for importing the
fi rearm.
If the hunting guest arrives from a country
belonging to the European Union, the easiest
way import fi rearms is to obtain a European
fi rearms passport. Th e holder of the document
is allowed to transport and bring to Finland
a fi rearm and cartridges for hunting that fi t
category C or D of the fi rearms directive and
is indicated on the fi rearms passport. A holder
of the fi rearms passport must also carry a
written invitation or other reliable documents
proving that the transportation or importation
of the fi rearm is necessary in order to
participate in a hunting event. Th e holder
of the European fi rearms passport must be
capable of producing the document whenever
he is carrying or transporting the fi rearm and
cartridges.
BORROWING A FIREARM FROM A
FINNISH CITIZEN
Th e Finnish police authority can grant a
foreigner a parallel fi rearms license with the
consent of a Finnish fi rearms license holder.
In order to obtain a parallel fi rearms license,
the foreign person must present a permit to
carry a fi rearm granted by the authorities in
his/her native country. In addition, he must
also give a written account of his intention to
carry fi rearms in Finland. Th e parallel fi rearm
license can be obtained at Finnish police
stations or, in special cases, from Finland’s
foreign delegations.
A Finnish person may lend a fi rearm to
a foreigner if the latter has a document
permitting him to carry a fi rearm in Finland.
Th ese documents include a fi rearms license
granted in Finland, a fi rearms passport granted
in some other EU country or a fi rearms license
granted in Norway, Sweden or Denmark. Th e
person lending a fi rearm may, however, only
lend one that corresponds to, or is less powerful
than, the one that the foreigner him/herself has
a license for.
A person who is 18 years of age and carries
a fi rearms license may lend his gun to another
person under his supervision, if he is able to
eff ectively survey and guide the user of the gun
in a manner in which using the gun will pose
no danger.
SHOOTING TEST
Every hunter intending to hunt moose and
other deer animals in Finland with a rifl ed
bullet weapon is required to pass the shooting
test. Shooting tests are arranged by the various
game management associations especially in the
summer and in early autumn. Shooting tests
are open to the public. On passing this test, the
hunter is awarded a certifi cate, which is valid
for three years from the date of the passed test.
If a person has a valid certifi cate of having
passed a corresponding shooting test in another
country or if the person is able to provide
documentary proof to the game association
of his being entitled to hunt game animals of
the corresponding size in his native country,
he does not need to perform a shooting test in
Finland.
HUNTING LICENCE
In Finland it is possible to hunt 34 species of
mammals and 26 species of birds. Th e hunting
of some specifi c game – mostly large game – is
more strictly regulated and requires a special
hunting licence.
Th e Finnish Game and Fisheries Research
Institute provides the Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry with yearly estimates of the game
population densities. Based on these estimates
the Ministry gives a decree concerning the
game permits. Th e Finnish Wildlife Agency
grant the hunting licences an exemption to
hunters.
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