Business & innovation

Gathering experiences of working life in Finland

Finland is looking for international talent to join its workforce, especially for positions in the health and ICT sectors. Professors of practice Jamie Hyneman and Jorma Turunen talk about their experiences working in Finland. We also speak to startup entrepreneurs Iranthi Gomes and Anna Fatima Sambou about launching a business in the country.

Business & innovation Universities

At a university in northern Finland, international cooperation thrives

You never know who you’ll bump into at the Arctic Centre in the city of Rovaniemi. Each of the researchers and students has their own story of how they found their way to northern Finland.

Business & innovation Business

Filming in photogenic Finland

Finland offers a stunning stage for movies, documentaries and series, no matter what kind of setting is required – from cityscapes to wilderness, and from lakes to archipelagos. In recent movies, Finnish cities have even played the roles of Paris and Seattle.

in the Networked Readiness Index, measuring ability to utilise ICT

Source: Global Information Technology Report

Business & innovation Webpick

Finnish companies working on 6G connectivity

Greater connectivity is on the horizon. Have a look at how 6G will, over the next decade, affect everything from digitalisation to carbon goals, and see how Finnish companies and academics are contributing.

Business & innovation Work

CEO of Finland’s Supercell believes in work-life balance and an international workforce

Mobile game developer Supercell, headquartered in Helsinki, is known for its emphasis on employee wellbeing. Cofounder and CEO Ilkka Paananen shares his ideas about the work environments of the future.

Number of Finns who have won a Nobel Prize

Business & innovation Technology

Finnish space sector maintains upward trajectory

Finland’s strengths in research, technology and cocreation make it fertile earth for space innovations. And did you know that sustainability is a thing in space, too?

Business & innovation Webpick

Finnish researcher looks for climate answers in cold water

When you’re an academic researcher and assistant professor in water engineering at Finland’s Aalto University, as Eliisa Lotsari is, it helps to have a passion for cold water.

Business & innovation Cuisine

Starting over out in the country, Finnish farmer believes cricket cuisine could help heal the climate

Roope Päivänen leaped from his home and his job as a film director in Helsinki to a new life as a cricket farmer (yes, that’s a thing) in the Finnish countryside. Visit the farm with our video.

Innovator in cleantech

Source: Global Cleantech Innovation Index