Finland

Postcode Postcode type and position

5 digits to the left of the locality name and
preceded by “FI”.

Coding method

00550
delivery point
region/village or suburb Matti Manninen
zone and sorting office Mäkelänkatu 25 B 13
FI-00550 HELSINKI
FINLAND

Code format In general, postcodes for home delivery end in "0" and those for P.O. Box delivery end
in "1". However, postcodes assigned to large customers may end in "0" or "1".

Finland requests to add the ISO alpha-2 country code "FI" before the postcode.

Address format A national address consists of five lines at most, with empty lines omitted. Each line
contains a maximum of 30 characters or spaces.
Line 1 addressee name.
Line 2 supplementary information in addition to addressee line.
Line 3 information for forwarding within a business.
Line 4 delivery address.
Line 5 postcode and post office.

Examples Home delivery:

Matti Manninen addressee
Mäkelänkatu 25 B 13 street + premise + extension
FI-00550 HELSINKI postcode + locality
FINLAND country
Alko Oy organization
Alko Kannelmäki organization unit
Hiomotie 10a street + premise
FI-00380 HELSINKI postcode + locality
FINLAND country
Oikeusministeriö organization
Mikkelin käräjäoikeus organization unit
Kansliapäällikkö Reijo Saastamoinen addressee
Karumaankatu 4 street + premise
FI-50100 MIKKELI postcode + locality
FINLAND country
Vuorineuvos Juhani Lampinen addressee
c/o Perhe Öhman mailee
Vuollemutka 4 A 16 Ullakkohuoneisto street + premise + extension
FI-01620 VANTAA postcode + locality
FINLAND country

Postal services delivery:

P.O. Box:
Myymäläpäällikkö Reijo Rekonen addressee
Oy Finland Camex Ltd organization
PL 900 p.o. box number
FI-00101 HELSINKI postcode + locality
FINLAND country
Finland (cont.)
Examples (cont.) Poste Restante :
Arja Visakko addressee
Poste restante poste restante
FI-01600 VANTAA postcode + locality
FINLAND country

Contact Posti Jakelu Ltd. Tel: (+358) 204 511

P.O.Box 102 Fax: (+358) 204 51 4994
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FINLAND

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