The Finnish Border Guard

The core functions of the Finnish Border Guard:

  • Border surveillance
  • Border checks
  • Crime prevention
  • Maritime search and rescue, marine pollution response
  • International cooperation
  • National defence

The activities of the Border Guard:

  • They are subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior
  • They are militarily organised and participate in national defence in cooperation with the Finnish Defence Forces
  • The border troops or parts thereof to be attached to the Finnish Defence Forces
  • They have increased international cooperation
  • They are in constant contact with the authorities in other EU countries, the Schengen countries and candidate countries

Defending the country has always been an important task for the Finnish Border Guard, and this is always carried out in cooperation with the Finnish Defence Forces. Border control, i.e. patrolling the terrain border and the sea area, constitutes the monitoring of territorial integrity. The Finnish Border Guard also trains conscripts. The special expertise of the conscript units includes reconnaissance and guerrilla operations.

The Border Jaeger companies of the Finnish Border Guard are located in the North Karelia Border Guard in Onttola and the Lapland Border Guard in Ivalo. Special Border Jaeger training is carried out at the Border and Coast Guard School in Imatra.

Finnish Border Guard:
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