Mr Speaker and Honoured Members of Parliament, Distinguished Prime Minister and Members of Government, Honoured judges, Dear representatives of the orders, churches, Åland and the Sami people, Dear representatives of…
Address to the Diplomatic Corps by President Sauli Niinistö on 1 March 2024
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Representatives of the Diplomatic Corps I would like to thank you, Ambassador Buljević, for your kind words as the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. I would also…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö in Parliament on 1 March 2024
Everything has changed and nothing has changed. We are living in a new kind of an era. War, peace and security are very much on people’s minds. The impacts of…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the funeral of President Hage Gottfried Geingob on 24 February 2024
Today, we have gathered here to honor the legacy of President Hage Gottfried Geingob – a great Namibian, a great African, a remarkable statesman and citizen of the world. President…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the opening of Parliament on 7 February 2024
Mr Speaker, Honoured representatives of the Finnish nation Years ago, a parliament member, getting ready to leave this building told me how he once had walked across the Hall of…
New Year’s Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö on 1 January 2024
My fellow citizens At the turn of the year, we usually wish each other peaceful and happy days to come. Today, those wishes are more emotionally charged than before: things…
Commemorative speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the funeral of President Martti Ahtisaari in Helsinki on 10 November 2023
Dear Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari, Mr Marko Ahtisaari, Your Excellencies, friends and colleagues of Martti Ahtisaari, Fellow citizens, A great life’s work has been completed. Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari, the tenth…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the opening of the 2023–2024 term of the Parliament of Åland in Mariehamn on 3 November 2023
Mr Speaker, honoured members of the Parliament of Åland, The last time when I opened the new term of the Parliament of Åland in 2017, I spoke about the strengths…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the State Dinner hosted by President of Italy Sergio Mattarella in Rome on 23 October 2023
President Mattarella, dear friend, Ms Laura Mattarella, Distinguished guests, I would like to begin by thanking you for these days in Rome and Italy. We have had the pleasure of…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö following the passing of former President of the Republic Martti Ahtisaari on 16 October 2023
Dear Finns It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the death of President Martti Ahtisaari. He passed away at the age of 86, after a…