ISO 3166-2:FI explained

ISO 3166-2:FI is the entry for Finland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g. provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Finland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 19 regions (under six Regional State Administrative Agencies plus Åland).

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Finland. The second part is two digits.

Åland (Finnish: Ahvenanmaan maakunta; Swedish: Landskapet Åland), an autonomous region of Finland (also a former province), is also officially assigned its own country code in ISO 3166-1, with alpha-2 code .

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).[1]

ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:

In addition, the list also includes translation to English (en).

Subdivision names are sorted in Finnish alphabetical order: a–z, å, ä, ö.

Click on the button in the header to sort each column.

Regions

CodeSubdivision name (fi)Subdivision name (sv)Subdivision name (en)
[2]
Finnish: [[Ahvenanmaan maakunta]]|italics=noSwedish: Landskapet Åland|italics=noÅland
Finnish: [[Etelä-Karjala]]|italics=noSwedish: Södra Karelen|italics=noSouth Karelia
Finnish: [[Etelä-Pohjanmaa]]|italics=nodata-sort-value="Södra ZZOsterbotten"Swedish: Södra Österbotten|italics=noSouthern Ostrobothnia
Finnish: [[Etelä-Savo]]|italics=noSwedish: Södra Savolax|italics=noSouthern Savonia
Finnish: [[Kainuu]]|italics=noSwedish: Kajanaland|italics=noKainuu
Finnish: [[Kanta-Häme]]|italics=noSwedish: Egentliga Tavastland|italics=noTavastia Proper
Finnish: [[Keski-Pohjanmaa]]|italics=noSwedish: Mellersta Österbotten|italics=noCentral Ostrobothnia
Finnish: [[Keski-Suomi]]|italics=noSwedish: Mellersta Finland|italics=noCentral Finland
Finnish: [[Kymenlaakso]]|italics=noSwedish: Kymmenedalen|italics=noKymenlaakso
Finnish: [[Lapland (Finland)|Lappi]]|italics=noSwedish: Lappland|italics=noLapland
Finnish: [[Pirkanmaa]]|italics=noSwedish: Birkaland|italics=noPirkanmaa
Finnish: [[Ostrobothnia (region)|Pohjanmaa]]|italics=nodata-sort-value="ZZOsterbotten"Swedish: Österbotten|italics=noOstrobothnia
Finnish: [[Pohjois-Karjala]]|italics=noSwedish: Norra Karelen|italics=noNorth Karelia
Finnish: [[Pohjois-Pohjanmaa]]|italics=nodata-sort-value="Norra ZZOsterbotten"Swedish: Norra Österbotten|italics=noNorthern Ostrobothnia
Finnish: [[Pohjois-Savo]]|italics=noSwedish: Norra Savolax|italics=noNorthern Savonia
data-sort-value="PZZEijZZEt-HZZEme"Finnish: [[Päijät-Häme]]|italics=noSwedish: Päijänne-Tavastland|italics=noPäijänne Tavastia
Finnish: [[Satakunta]]|italics=noSwedish: Satakunta|italics=noSatakunta
Finnish: [[Uusimaa]]|italics=noSwedish: Nyland|italics=noUusimaa
Finnish: [[Southwest Finland|Varsinais-Suomi]]|italics=noSwedish: Egentliga Finland|italics=noSouthwest Finland
Notes
  1. Changes in the list of subdivision names and code elements . ISO 3166-2 Newsletter . 2011-12-15 . II-3 . 23 . Genève . International Organization for Standardization . 2012-07-21 .
  2. For reference only: the English names are not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change

(corrected
)
Administrative re-organization, deletion of useless information and the region names in English and French, source list and source code update.style=white-space:nowrap Subdivision layout:
6 provinces (see below)
19 regions
ISO Online Browsing Platform (OBP)2022-11-29Change of spelling of FI-17; Update List Sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Name change:
Satakunda
→ Satakunta

Codes before Newsletter II-3

Former codeSubdivision name (fi)Subdivision name (sv)
Finnish: [[Ahvenanmaan lääni]]|italics=noSwedish: Ålands län|italics=no
Finnish: [[Etelä-Suomen lääni]]|italics=noSwedish: Södra Finlands län|italics=no
Finnish: [[Itä-Suomen lääni]]|italics=noSwedish: Östra Finlands län|italics=no
Finnish: [[Lapin lääni]]|italics=noSwedish: Lapplands län|italics=no
Finnish: [[Länsi-Suomen lääni]]|italics=noSwedish: Västra Finlands län|italics=no
Finnish: [[Oulun lääni]]|italics=noSwedish: Uleåborgs län|italics=no

See also

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