{"id":25653,"date":"2026-04-14T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/?post_type=uutinen&#038;p=25653"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:32:17","slug":"digiensin","status":"publish","type":"uutinen","link":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/uutinen\/digiensin\/","title":{"rendered":"Public authorities\u2019 communication will become digital on April 14."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25653\" class=\"elementor elementor-25653\" data-elementor-post-type=\"uutinen\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38424823 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38424823\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1cda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d1cda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This news text is sourced from the website of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency: <a href=\"https:\/\/dvv.fi\/en\/digital-first-project\/digital-support-providers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dvv.fi\/en\/digital-first-project\/digital-support-providers<\/a><\/p><p>Prioritising digital services is a significant change in Finland that affects the daily life of almost every citizen and resident.\nCurrently, there are approximately 4,300,000 users of Suomi.fi e-Identification for digital transactions. Of them, approximately 2,600,000 people receive digital messages from the authorities.<\/p><p>In other words, the transition to digital official communications will introduce Suomi.fi Messages to roughly 1,700,000 new users. This requires the authorities and support services to provide significant guidance and digital support.<\/p><h3>What changes on April 14th?<\/h3><p><strong>Official mail from public authorities will be delivered primarily in digital form to everyone who uses public authorities\u2019 digital services.<\/strong><br \/><strong>When an adult user identifies in any public administration organisation\u2019s electronic service (e.g. MyTax, MyKela or Traficom\u2019s My e-Services) using Suomi.fi identification, Suomi.fi Messages will be activated automatically, without express consent.<br \/><\/strong>Official mail will be received in\u00a0<a class=\"yja-external-link external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.suomi.fi\/viestit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suomi.fi Messages,<\/a>\u00a0the secure electronic mailbox for all public authorities. Received messages can be read either via the downloadable Suomi.fi mobile app or through the Suomi.fi web service.<\/p><p>Received messages can be read either via<\/p><ul><li>the downloadable\u00a0<strong>Suomi.fi mobile app<\/strong> or<\/li><li><strong>through the Suomi.fi web service<\/strong> .<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/>The change takes effect when a person identifies to a public administration digital service. The change does\u00a0<strong>not\u00a0<\/strong>take effect when a person uses, for example, banks\u2019 or insurance companies\u2019 digital services, or visits public sector websites that do not require identification.<\/p><p lang=\"FI-FI\" xml:lang=\"FI-FI\">By the end of 2026, the aim is that citizens, if they wish, would also be able to read official mail via private digital mailbox services. After that, citizens will be able to choose which approved service they want to use to read their digital official mail<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9282371 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9282371\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f255e63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f255e63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who does the change apply to?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ead2a18 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ead2a18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Adults who use public authorities\u2019 digital services but do not yet use Suomi.fi Messages (as of February 2026, a total of <strong>1.8 million<\/strong>\u00a0people)\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89b7ba5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89b7ba5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b097f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04b097f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who does the change not apply to?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b3d156 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b3d156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Persons who\u00a0<strong>do not use<\/strong>\u00a0the authorities\u2019 digital services (such as MyKela, MyTax)<\/li><li>Minors<\/li><li>Companies<\/li><li>People under guardianship or those who have a confirmed continuing power of attorney<\/li><li>Anyone that has identified in the public e-services before the change<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd99e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dd99e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>How can you choose to receive official mail on paper instead of digitally?<\/h3><p><strong>If you do not use public authorities\u2019 digital services, official mail sent by authorities will continue to be delivered to you by paper mail.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>If you use public authorities\u2019 digital services but prefer to receive official mail on paper, you can opt out of electronic messages in the Suomi.fi Messages settings. After this, official mail will temporarily be sent to you by paper mail.<br \/>When the set time limit (365 days) expires and you next identify to a digital public authority service, you will be guided to turn Suomi.fi Messages back on. If you wish, you can then switch back to paper mail again in the Suomi.fi Messages settings.<br \/>If you do not authenticate to public authority services after the time limit has expired, official messages will continue to be delivered to you by paper mail.<\/p><h3>Support and training for digital support providers<\/h3><p>Does your association provide digital support? Electronic communication with authorities will likely also affect your clients\u2019 everyday lives. The Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) organizes a monthly Q&amp;A session on digital-first topics for digital support providers on the last Friday of each month. There is no separate presentation; instead, experts are available to answer questions. Welcome! The sessions are not recorded.<br \/><br \/>Digital briefing (in Finnish):<\/p><ul><li>Fri 24.4.2026 at 13-13.30<\/li><li>Fri 29.5.2026 at 13-13.30<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u00e4m\u00e4n uutisen teksti on per\u00e4isin Digi- ja v\u00e4est\u00f6tietoviraston verkkosivuilta: https:\/\/dvv.fi\/digi-ensin-hanke\/digitukijoille Digin ensisijaisuus on yhteiskunnallisesti merkitt\u00e4v\u00e4 muutos, joka vaikuttaa l\u00e4hes jokaisen Suomessa asuvan ihmisen arkeen. T\u00e4ll\u00e4 hetkell\u00e4 noin 4 300 000 henkil\u00f6\u00e4 k\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 Suomi.fi-tunnistusta digitaaliseen asiointiin. N\u00e4ist\u00e4 noin 2 600 000 henkil\u00f6\u00e4 vastaanottaa viranomaisten l\u00e4hett\u00e4m\u00e4n postin digitaalisesti. Siirtyminen ensisijaisesti digitaaliseen viranomaisviestint\u00e4\u00e4n tuo siis noin 1 700 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":25654,"menu_order":153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25653","uutinen","type-uutinen","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uutiset"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/25653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uutinen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25653"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/25653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25670,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/25653\/revisions\/25670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}