Finland/ 9. Sources and Links  

9.2 Key organisations and portals

Cultural policy making bodies

Ministry of Education and Culture
http://www.minedu.fi/

Agencies, institutions

National Archive
http://www.narc.fi

National Board of Antiquities
http://www.nba.fi

Finnish National Gallery
http://www.fng.fi/

National Opera
http://www.operafin.fi

National Theatre
http://www.nationaltheatre.fi/

National Audiovisual Archive
http://www.sea.fi

Professional associations

Union of Musicians
http://www.musicfinland.com

Artists' Association of Finland
http://www.artists.fi/english/index.html

The Union of Finnish Writers
http://www.suomenkirjailijaliitto.fi/

Finnish Book Publishers' Association
http://www.skyry.net

Finnish Chamber of Films
http://www.filmikamari.fi

The Finnish National Group of IFPI
http://www.ifpi.fi

Finnish Craft Organisation
http://www.taitogroup.fi

Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras
http://www.sinfoniaorkesterit.fi

Association of Finnish Theatres
http://www.teatteriliitto.fi/index_eng.htm

Grant-giving bodies

Arts Council of Finland
http://www.taiteenkeskustoimikunta.fi/

Finnish Cultural Foundation
http://www.skr.fi/

Academy of Finland, Research Council for Culture and Society
http://www.aka.fi/eng

TEKES, Funding Agency for Technology and Innovations
http://www.tekes.fi/eng/

Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund
http://www.sitra.fi/en/

Copyright organisations

Teosto, Finnish Composers' Copyright Society
http://www.teosto.fi/

Gramex, Copyright Society of Performing Artists and Phonogram Producers
http://www.gramex.fi/

Kopiosto, Copyright organisation for authors, publishers and performing artists
http://www.kopiosto.fi/

Kuvasto, Copyright association for artists working in the field of visual art
http://www.kuvastory.fi

Tuotos, Copyright association for audiovisual producers
http://www.tuotos.fi/

Copyright Council at the Ministry of Education and culture
http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Tekijaenoikeus/?lang=en

National Board of Patents and Registration
http://www.prh.fi/en.html

EFFI- Electronic Frontier Finland
http://www.effi.org/

Promotion and Information Centres

Finnish Music Information Centre
http://www.fimic.fi

Information Centre for Dance
http://www.danceinfo.fi/english/

Theatre Information Centre
http://www.teatteri.org

Esek, Performing Music Promotion Centre
http://www.gramex.fi

AVEK, The Promotion Centre for Audio-visual Culture
http://www.kopiosto.fi

FILI - Finnish Literature, Information Centre
http://www.finlit.fi/fili/en/

Cultural research and statistics

Statistics Finland
http://www.stat.fi/

Academy of Finland
http://www.aka.fi/

Centre for International Mobility CIMO
http://www.cimo.fi

Foundation for Cultural Policy Research
http://www.cupore.fi

National Repository Library
http://www.nrl.fi/

Culture / arts portals

Cultural portal to Finnish cultural life and institutions
http://www.kulttuuri.net/

Chapter updated: 30-11-2008