The Honorary

Consulate A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of diplomatic mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth coun ...

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 ...

is an extension of Finland's diplomatic activities beyond its standard network of embassies and consulates. The Honorary Consulate appoints private individuals (usually Finns living abroad or people of Finnish descent) to serve as a diplomatic and cultural liaison on a part-time, volunteer basis.

Tasks

Honorary Consuls of Finland: * Monitor the rights of Finns and Permanent Residents of Finland in the area in which the consulate is located * Provide guidance and advice for Finnish citizens or Permanent Residents traveling abroad to that area * Provide some notarized certificates * Promote economic and cultural relations between Finland and the country in which the honorary consulate is located

Locations in the United States

Honorary Consuls of Finland in the United States can be found in: * Boston, MA * Anchorage, AK * Atlanta GA * Baltimore, MD * Birmingham, AL * Charlotte, NC * Chicago, IL * Dallas, TX * Denver, CO * Detroit, MI * Hancock, MI * Honolulu, HI * Houston, TX * Lake Worth, FL * Miami, FL * Minneapolis, MN * New Orleans, LA * Newark, NJ * Norfolk, VA * Norwich, CT * Philadelphia, PA * Phoenix, AZ * Portland, OR * Salt Lake City, UT * San Diego, CA * San Francisco, CA * Seattle, WA * St. Louis, MO * Virginia, MN

Locations in Sweden

Honorary Consuls of Finland in Sweden can be found in: * Borlänge * Karlskoga * Karlstad * Västerås

Locations in Canada

Honorary Consuls of Finland in Canada can be found in: * Toronto, ON * Vancouver, BC

Past and present Honorary Consuls

* Andy Bingham, Salt Lake City, UT * Hanna Eklund, Anchorage, AK * Jon Jurva, Chicago, IL * Leonard Kopelman, Boston, MA *

Jarl Lindfors Jarl Lindfors served as Honorary Consul of Finland in the United States from 1936–1960. Early life Jarl Lindfors was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1887. In 1893, his father, Jarl Arthur Valdemar Lindfors, a music director, who studied under Jean ...

, San Francisco, CA * Pertti Lindfors, San Francisco, CA * James Kurtti, Hancock, MI

References

Other sources

* * * * Foreign relations of Finland Finnish expatriates {{Europe-diplomat-stub