Statistics Finland’s archive consists of materials and documents produced by Statistics Finland and its predecessors.
The material contains
The archive’s older materials are mainly in paper or microfilm format. Some of the material has been digitised. The digitised materials have been mainly transferred to the National Archives of Finland. For the last couple of decades, the datasets are mainly electronic.
Statistics Finland has transferred most of the older material as well as some of the newer archived documents to the National Archives of Finland. The data on the material released to the National Archives can be found in the National Archives’ Astia service. However, some older statistical data are stored in Statistics Finland’s archive. You can find more information about these in Statistics Finland’s archive.
Some of the archival material in paper format has been digitised. These materials and their metadata can also be found in the National Archives’ Astia service.
Explore archival materials in the National Archives’ Astia service
Archival data stored at Statistics Finland can be studied in the customer area at Statistics Finland by advance booking. You can order the desired material in the customer area. It is possible to take paper copies of the materials. Materials can be delivered electronically on a case-by-case basis, but the delivery will be agreed separately.
Book in advance:
Brief provision of information is free of charge. More extensive work is invoiced on an hourly basis.
There are restrictions concerning the use of some materials or they are confidential by law. For example:
The use of such material requires a licence procedure.
The information service related to the processing of administrative matters is provided by Statistics Finland’s Registrar’s Office.
The service related to unit-level statistical data is provided by Statistics Finland’s Research Services.