Bilateral Relations
Important visits from India to Finland
Sl. No. |
Name & designation |
Month/Year |
| 1. | Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, Hon’ble Prime Minister |
1957 |
| 2. | Shri G.S. Dhillon, Speaker of Lok Sabha |
1957 |
| 3. | Shri V.V. Giri, Hon’ble President |
1971 |
| 4. | Shri Swaran Singh, Minister of External Affairs |
1973 |
| 5. | Shri D.P. Chattopadhyay, Minister of State for Commerce |
1974 |
| 6. | Shri Arif Baig, Minister of State for Commerce |
1978 |
| 7. | Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao, Minister of External Affairs |
1981 |
| 8. | Shri Shivraj Patil, Minister of Commerce |
1982 |
| 9. | Smt. Indira Gandhi, Hon’ble Prime Minister |
1983 |
| 10. | Shri Balram Jakhar, Speaker of Lok Sabha |
1986 |
| 11. | Shri R. Venkataraman, Hon’ble President |
1988 |
| 12. | Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of State for Environment & Forest |
1992 |
| 13. | Shri Gulam Nabi Azad, Minister of State for Civil Aviation |
1993 |
| 14. | Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Commerce |
May 1993 |
| 15. | Shri B.P. Vashya, Minister of Steel and Mines |
1997 |
| 16. | Shri P.A. Sangma, Speaker of Lok Sabha |
1997 |
| 17. | Shri Jaswant Singh, Minister of External Affairs for India-EU Troika |
December 1999 |
| 18. | Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister for Communication |
2000 |
| 19. | Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Power |
2002 |
| 20. | Shri Manohar Joshi, Speaker of Lok Sabha |
2003 |
| 21. | Shri Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of IT & Communication |
2005 |
| 22. | Shri Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of Lok Sabha |
June 2006 |
| 23. | Shri Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister |
October 2006 |
| 24. | Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of S&T and Earth Sciences |
February 2008 |
| 25. | Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs |
June 2008 |
| 26. | Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry |
March 2010 |
| 27. | Shri Kamal Nath, Minister of Road Transport and Highways |
May 2010 |
| 28. | Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New & Renewable Energy |
April 2011 |
| 29. | Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (I/C) for Environment and Forests |
May 2011 |
| 30. | Shri P.K. Bansal, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Science & Technology |
June 2011 |
| 31. | Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications, Information and Technology and Human Resource Development |
September 2011 |
| 32. | Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Rural Development, |
April 2012 |
| 33. | Smt. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs |
June 2013 |
| 34. | Smt. Lakshmi Panabaka, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas |
June 2013 |
| 35. | Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry |
June 2013 |
| 36. | Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of State (IC) for Environment and Forests |
September 2013 |
| 37. | Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President |
October 2014 |
| 38. | Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy |
November 2016 |
| 39. | Shri M. J. Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs |
5-7 Nov, 2017 |
| 40. | Maharashtra Legislature Delegation |
13-15 April, 2018 |
| 41. | Ms. Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker of Lok Sabha |
June 2018 |
| 42. | Shri K.J. George, Karnataka Minister of IT, BT and S&T |
August 2018 |
| 43. | Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs |
19-21 Sept. 2019 |
| 44. | Mrs Reenat Sandhu, Secretary (West) for the 11th India-Finland Foreign Office Consultations |
23-24 Nov. 2021 |
| 45. | Mr. Thiru T. Mano Thangaraj, Minister of IT, Government of Tamil Nadu |
17-18 Nov. 2022 |
| 46. | Mr. Rajesh K Ramesh C Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH |
19-22 Sept. 2022 |
| 47. | Mr. Thiru Thangam Thennarasu, Minister for Industries, Government of Tamil Nadu |
23-26 April 2023 |
| 48. | Dr. M Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) |
29 May – 08 June 2023 |
| 49. | Mr. Lalsanglur, IES, Senior Economic & Statistical Adviser |
30 May – 02 June 2023 |
| 50. | Mr. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology |
22 – 24 Sept 2024 |
| 51. | Mr. Charchil Kumar, Special Secretary (School Education), Government of Punjab |
04-13 Nov. 2024 |
| 52. | Mr. Sanjiv Singh, Joint Secretary (DPIIT) along with Startup Team |
18-24 Nov. 2024 |
| 53. | 8-Members delegation from NEEPCO, a subsidiary of NTPC |
09-12 Dec. 2024 |
| 54. | Mr. Charchil Kumar, Special Secretary (School Education), Government of Punjab |
15 March 2025 |
| 55. | Mr. Raju Basnet, Minister of Education, Government of Sikkim |
22-28 April 2025 |
Important visits from Finland to India
Sl. No. |
Name & designation |
Month/Year |
| 1. | Mr. Sukselainen, Prime Minister |
1960 |
| 2. | Mr. Kekkonen, President |
1965 |
| 3. | Mr. Laine, Foreign Trade Minister |
1975, 1985, 1987 |
| 4. | Mr. Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister |
1984 |
| 5. | Mr. Väyrynen, Foreign Minister |
1984, 1987 |
| 6. | Mr. Henrik Koivisto, President |
1987 |
| 7. | Mr. Pertti Salolainen, Foreign Trade Minister |
1988, 1992, 1995 |
| 8. | Mr. Paasio, Foreign Minister |
1991 |
| 9. | Mrs. Tarja Halonen, Foreign Minister |
1996 |
| 10. | Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, President |
1996 |
| 11. | Mr. Kimmo Sasi, Foreign Trade Minister |
2000 |
| 12. | Ms. Satu Hassi, Environment Minister |
2001 |
| 13. | Mr. Jouni Backman, Environment Minister |
2002 |
| 14. | Mr. Jari Vilen, Foreign Trade Minister |
2002 |
| 15. | Mr. Erkki Tuomioja, Foreign Minister |
2004, Feb. 2005 |
| 16. | Ms. Paula Lehtomäki, Foreign Trade Minister |
February 2005 |
| 17. | Mr. Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister |
March, 2006 |
| 18. | Mrs. Tarja Halonen, President (Private) |
January, 2007 |
| 19. | Mr. Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade |
October 2007 |
| 20. | Mr. Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister (Private) |
Feb, 2008 |
| 21. | Mrs. Tarja Halonen, President (Private) |
Feb, 2009 |
| 22. | Mr. Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Economy |
Nov, 2009 |
| 23. | Mrs. Suvi Lindén, Minister of Communications |
January 2010 |
| 24. | Mr. Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister (Private) |
February 2010 |
| 25. | Mr. Jyri Hakamies, Minister of Defence |
April 2010 |
| 26. | Mr. Alexander Stubb, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
May 2010 |
| 27. | Dr. Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade & Development |
October 2010 |
| 28. | Mrs. Suvi Lindén, Minister of Communications |
Dec 2010 |
| 29. | Ms. Astrid Thors, Minister of Migration and European Affairs |
January 2011 |
| 30. | Ms. Paula Lehtomaki, Minister of Environment |
February 2011 |
| 31. | Mr. Jyri Häkämies, Minister for Economic Affairs |
Sept 2011 |
| 32. | Ms. Heidi Hautala, Minister for International Development |
Dec 2011 |
| 33. | Ms. Tarja Halonen, President (Private) |
February 2012 |
| 34. | Ms. Heidi Hautala, Minister for International Development |
February 2012 |
| 35. | Mr. Eero Heinäluoma, Speaker of Finnish Parliament |
April 2012 |
| 36. | Ms. Krista Kiuru, Minister for Housing and Communications |
Jan 2013 |
| 37. | Dr. Erkki Tuomioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
May 2013 |
| 38. | Mr. Alexander Stubb, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade |
October 2013 |
| 39. | Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Minister for International Development |
Nov 2013 |
| 40. | Mr. Juha Sipilä, Prime Minister for Make in India Event in Mumbai |
12-14 February, 2016 |
| 41. | Mr. Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister of Housing, Energy and Environment |
3-6 October, 2017 |
| 42. | Ms. Anne Berner, Minister for Transport and Communication |
13-14 Nov, 2017 |
| 43. | Mr. Timo Soini, Foreign Minister of Finland for 4th GCCS in New Delhi and Bilateral |
22-24 Nov, 2017 |
| 44. | Mr. Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister of Housing, Energy and Environment |
18-21 April, 2018 |
| 45. | Ms. Anne Mari Virolainen, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development |
29 November-2 December 2018 |
| 46. | Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
4-6 November 2019 |
| 47. | Mr. Timo Harakka, Minister of Employment |
19-22 Nov 2019 |
| 48. | Mr. Jukka Juusti, Permanent Secretary of Defence visited to participate as a Speaker in the annual conference, Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi in January 2020. |
14-17 January 2020 |
| 49. | Finnish Parliament's Finance Committee delegation |
23-27 February 2020 |
| 50. | Mr. Mika Lintila, Minister of Economy |
18-22 April 2022 |
| 51. | Mr. Petri Honkonen, Minister of Science and Culture |
13-18 Nov 2022 |
| 52. | Ms Tuula Haatainen, Minister of Employment |
12-17 Dec 2022 |
| 53. | Mr Ville Skinnari, Minister of Development Cooperation & Foreign Trade |
8-10 February 2023 |
| 54. | Ms. Terhi Lehtonen, Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change |
22-24 Feb 2023 |
| 55. | Ms. Sari Essayah, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry |
15-17 October 2023 |
| 56. | Ms. Anna-Maja Henriksson, Minister of Education |
16–20 Oct 2023 |
| 57. | Mr. Jukka Salovaara, Permanent State Secretary |
01-02 Nov 2023 |
| 58. | Finnish Parliament’s Environment Committee delegation |
19-26 Nov 2023 |
| 59. | Mr. Ville Tavio, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development |
22–23 Nov 2023 |
| 60. | Ms. Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
21–22 Feb 2024 |
| 61. | Commerce Committee delegation of the Parliament of Finland visit to New Delhi and Mumbai |
9-14 Sep 2024 |
| 62. | Mr. Jari Sinkari, Director-General of the Department for Asia and Oceania, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
17 October 2024 |
| 63. | Mr. Petri Hakkarainen, Director General for Political Affairs, MFA |
03-04 Feb 2025 |
| 64. | Mr. Jari Sinkari, Director General, Department for Asia and Oceania, MFA |
23 May 2025 |
