{"slug":"finland","name":"Finland","short_name":"Finland","iso_code":"FI","jurisdiction_type":"country","region":"Europe","subregion":"Northern Europe","overview":"Finland was among the first countries with a national AI programme (\"Finland's Age of Artificial Intelligence\", 2017) and followed with the AI 4.0 programme for industry. It applies the EU AI Act; the government proposed the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) as the coordinating market-surveillance authority, with the Data Protection Ombudsman and sector authorities in their fields. The Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence and the free \"Elements of AI\" course are internationally known public-education initiatives.","regulatory_status_summary":"EU AI Act applies; national implementing act proposed; AI programmes since 2017 as policy.","binding_vs_guidance":"Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Finland's Age of Artificial Intelligence (2017).","current_priorities":"AI Act implementation act and Traficom set-up, industrial AI (AI 4.0), public-sector AI and data spaces.","regulators":[{"name":"Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom","url":"https://www.traficom.fi/en","role":"Proposed coordinating market-surveillance authority for the AI Act"},{"name":"Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto (Data Protection Ombudsman)","url":"https://tietosuoja.fi/en/home","role":"Data-protection authority"}],"official_sources":[{"title":"Finland's Age of Artificial Intelligence: turning Finland into a leading country in the application of AI","publisher":"Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment","url":"https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/160391","document_date":"2017-10-23","document_type":"strategy","tier":1}],"related_jurisdictions":["eu","sweden","estonia"],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/finland","source":{"official_source_url":"https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/160391","source_title":"Finland's Age of Artificial Intelligence: turning Finland into a leading country in the application of AI","source_publisher":"Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment","source_document_date":"2017-10-23","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion; overview composed from the listed instruments and official sources. Reviewer to confirm regulators and status.","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt"},"policies":[{"slug":"finland-age-of-artificial-intelligence-2017","id":"AIPT-POL-0075","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0075","title":"Finland's Age of Artificial Intelligence: Turning Finland into a leading country in the application of AI (objective and recommendations for measures)","short_title":"Finland's Age of Artificial Intelligence (2017)","jurisdiction":"finland","instrument_type":"strategy","status":"adopted","is_binding":false,"ai_specific":true,"issuing_body":"Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland","summary_plain":"The 2017 report of the steering group appointed by the Minister of Economic Affairs proposed eight key actions to make Finland a leader in applying AI: enhancing business competitiveness, using data in all sectors, faster adoption, top-level expertise and talent, bold decisions and investments, the best public services, new cooperation models and a human-centred approach. It launched the national AI programme continued in the 2019 final report and the AI 4.0 programme.","adopted_on":"2017-10-23","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/160391","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","content_version":1,"review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-10-15T06:46:24+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/finland-age-of-artificial-intelligence-2017"}]}