General information on Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital of Finland and the centre of the Helsinki Region, a functional urban region of about 1,5 million inhabitants and 800.000 jobs.

• Click here to read "Helsinki facts and figures 2021"
  
• Click here to read "2021 Statistical Yearbook of Helsinki". 
  

History

By decree of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden in 1550, the city was founded at the mouth of river Vantaa. From there, the city was moved further south to its present location in 1643. Click here to read a brief history of Helsinki

Population

The population of Helsinki is becoming more international by the year. Over 15% of the population speaks a language other than Finnish or Swedish as their mother tongue.  

Year	2020
Population	653 835
Women	52,5%
Men	47,5%
Finnish-speaking	78,2%
Swedish-speaking	5,6%
Other languages	16,2%
Other nationalities	9,6%

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