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The Finnish Embassy in
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Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
's
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to the
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. It is located at 3301 Massachusetts Avenue, in the
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neighborhood. The embassy also operates consulates-general in
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and New York. The modernist structure was designed by
Heikkinen – Komonen Architects Heikkinen – Komonen Architects is a Finnish architectural firm established by Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen in Helsinki in 1974. Their work is characterised as a fusion between minimalism, high-technology and Abstract expressionism, typif ...
and opened in 1994. The Embassy became the first green embassy in the United States, receiving
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Certification in 2010. The Diplomatic Finnish Sauna Society meets at the embassy.


Ambassadors


See also

* Embassy of the United States, Helsinki


References


External links


Official site
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110213051016/http://www.finnleo.com/blog/2011/1/4/sauna-featured-in-wall-street-journal.aspx {{Authority control
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
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Finland–United States relations
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...