Finland–Germany relations

Both countries are part of the European Union, are signatories of the Schengen Agreement, and are members of the eurozone and NATO.

[1] Relations between both nations began after the German Empire recognised the newly independent Finnish state on January 4, 1918.

[2] In one of the decisive battles of the war, German troops took Helsinki in April 1918.

Finland and Nazi Germany were "co-belligerents" against Soviet Union during the Continuation War (1941–44), but a separate peace with Soviet Union led to the Finnish-German Lapland War (1944–45).

[4] In July 2022, Germany fully approved Finland's application for NATO membership.

President of Finland Mauno Koivisto and Tellervo Koivisto visit in Dresden, East Germany on 30 September 1987
Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin with Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz on 16 March 2022 in Berlin , Germany
The grave of Germans who fell in the Finnish Civil War in the Battle of Hyvinkää in 1918