Contact the Finnish Adoption Board

You can contact the Finnish Adoption Board by email: adoption(at)lvv.fi. Do not send confidential or otherwise sensitive information by email. If your message contains such information, send the message as an encrypted message via the secure messaging service.  

Contact information

By email: [email protected]

Submit the data for your adoption permit application to the Finnish Adoption Board using the secure forms. The use of the secure form is the fastest way to submit data related to adoption applications to the Finnish Adoption Board.

By mail:
Finnish Adoption Board
P.O. Box 40
13035 LVV

Please note that when using a post office box address, there will be a delay as the post office box is located in the registry of the Finnish Supervisory Agency in Hämeenlinna, from where the mail is delivered by post to the Finnish Adoption Board in Helsinki.

The Finnish Adoption Board’s visiting address (visits must be agreed on separately):
Ratapihantie 9
00520 Helsinki

Irene Pärssinen-Hentula  
Manager, Chair of the Adoption Board 
[email protected] 
+358 295 255 136 

Taija Jokimaa-Frusti  
Senior Officer, Deputy Chair of the Adoption Board  
[email protected]  
+358 295 254 791

Päivi Pietarila  
Senior Officer, Secretary of the Adoption Board
[email protected]  
+358 295 255 503

Louna Dunkel 
Senior Officer, Secretary of the Adoption Board
[email protected]
+358 295 254 035