''Virallinen lehti'' (Swedish: ''Officiella tidningen'', English: ''Official newspaper'') is the

official journal A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establis ...

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. It is published by

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. It is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. From 2019, it will only be published electronically, and only on Tuesdays and Fridays. Virallinen lehti was first published in 1820 in the

Swedish language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countr ...

with the name ''Finlands officiella tidning'', and is the oldest still published newspaper in Finland. The first issue was published on 3 January 1820. Originally, it contained general interest articles and fiction in addition to official announcements. In 1856, Alexander II,

Grand Duke of Finland Grand Duke of Finland, or, more accurately, the Grand Prince of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinas, sv, Storfurste av Finland, rus, Великий князь Финляндский, r=Velikiy knyaz' Finlyandskiy, p=vʲɪˈlʲikɪj knʲæsʲ fʲ ...

decided that an official journal in the

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would also be needed. The first issue of ''Suomen Julkisia Sanomia'' was published in November that year. It changed its name into ''Suomen Wirallinen lehti'' in 1866. The current law defining the official journal was made in 1931. The earlier Finnish and Swedish journals were combined and named ''Virallinen lehti — Officiella tidningen''.

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