Governing Body of Suomenlinna

The Governing Body of Suomenlinna (Finnish: Suomenlinnan hoitokunta) is a bureau belonging to the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland, whose task is to restore, maintain, demonstrate and govern the island fortress of Suomenlinna, a Unesco World Heritage, in Helsinki, Finland.

The organisation is divided into four units, consisting of government, maintenance, world heritage and restoration services.

The staff consists of gardeners, architects, building caretakers, tourist informers, carpenters, electricians, painters and various managers.

[5] The income of the governing body consists mainly from rent from apartments and meeting and celebration premises as well as landscape maintenance done as a for-pay service.

[6] The budget is used to pay for all activity of the governing body: restoration of all eight islands of Suomenlinna and its buildings and apartments, maintenance of the fortress, caretaking, demonstrating the fortress to visitors, management of the area and the bureau as well as salaries of the about 70 full-time employees and numerous seasonal employees.