CISE Development of an International Maritime Situational picture 2 - project The Finnish Border Guard has launched the Development of an International Maritime Situational picture 2 project, with the goal of enabling better maritime situational a...

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English International cooperation In the changed security environment, the role of international cooperation has become increasingly important for the Finnish Border Guard. The focus is on b...

14.4.2026 | Maritime security and CISE information exchange

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Cooperation – Something old, something blue, something new The Border Guard is a part of the European Border and Coast Guard and participates in the execution of the European Union’s...

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Capability – strategical projects carry us to the future The Border Guard’s strategical projects have proceeded well. The future capacity of the Border Guard is guaranteed on land, a...

Valitse kieli Suomi Välj språket Svenska Select language English Border security and maritime safety – Technical monitoring and readiness The Border Guard has regulated its readiness and transferred personnel from border checks to border control d...

1.9.2025 | Baltic Sea countries enhance information exchange to manage security risks

Learn about the 30-year history of the Finnish Border Guard’s special intervention units in the online exhibition of the Border Guard Museum.

6.3.2026 | Puolan rajavartiolaitoksen päällikkö vieraili Rajavartiolaitoksella

2.1.2026 | Rajavartiolaitos kumppanuusjäseneksi Euroopan santarmistojoukkoon

29.10.2025 | The Finnish Border Guard will initiate cooperation with the European Gendarmerie Force, EUROGENDFOR. This cooperation supports the establishment and maintenance of the Finnish Border Guard’s readiness and capabilities, as well as creates a new instrument, through which the Finnish Border Guard can receive international support in a serious border security disruption.

18.3.2025 | Development of an international maritime situational picture is timely

14.2.2024 | Finland holds the chairmanship of the Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation, BSRBCC, in 2024. Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation, more commonly known as BSRBCC, is a cooperation forum established in 1997, and in 2024 Finland is holding the chairmanship for the fourth time. Led by the Finnish Border Guard, the objective during the chairmanship is to strengthen operational cooperat...

2.5.2023 | ANNUAL REPORT Rajavartiolaitos | Finnish Border Guard 20 22 The Finnish Border Guard is a cooperative, internationally renowned expert in border management and maritime safety and security that increases the safety and security of people, the envi...

20.10.2023 | The Finnish Border Guard hosted the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum’s (NACGF) Summit in Helsinki from 16 October to 19 October 2023. With this meeting, the Finnish Border Guard’s chairmanship came to an end, and the chairmanship was transferred to the Swedish Coast Guard.

20.4.2023 | The Finnish Border Guard chairs the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum (NACGF) in 2023. As a part of the chairmanship, an expert meeting of coast guard authorities was organized in Turku on 17−20 April. Nearly 100 experts from Europe and North America participated in the meeting.

29.6.2022 | The primary tasks of the Finnish Border Guard include maintaining border security and maritime security as well as military national defence.

24.10.2022 | The Finnish Border Guard will serve as chair of the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum (NACGF) in 2023. Commodore Tom Hanén of the Finnish Border Guard received the chairmanship of the forum from the Spanish Navy at the NACGF summit held in Cartagena on Thursday 20 October 2022. The Finnish Border Guard's one-year chairmanship will end in October 2023.

21.1.2021 | MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE MANUAL 2010 MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR BORDER GUARD HEADQUARTERS FINNISH NATIONAL MARITIME SAR ALARM NUMBER 0294 1000 (+358 204 1000 for calls from outside Finland) MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE MANUAL 2010 Dear reader Under ...