Relations were initially conducted through the Philippine Embassy in London, with President Ramon Magsaysay appointing León María Guerrero III as non-resident ambassador to Finland.

[8] Finland was then later placed under the jurisdiction of the reopened Philippine Embassy in Stockholm on May 15, 2020,[9] and a second honorary consulate, replacing the first one, opened in Espoo two months later on July 16, 2020.

[10] On November 15, 2022, during budget deliberations for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Senator Loren Legarda announced that the embassy was one of four missions that would reopen in 2024.

[20] On February 13, 2025, the embassy announced that the chancery will be relocating to the sixth floor of Wuorio House, located south of Senate Square on Unioninkatu in Kluuvi, on March 1, 2025.

[22] The Philippine Embassy in Helsinki is headed by Ambassador Domingo P. Nolasco, who was appointed to the position by President Bongbong Marcos on June 25, 2024.