Finnish Security and Intelligence Service

Finnish Security and Intelligence Service
Suojelupoliisi (Finnish), Skyddspolisen (Swedish)
Agency overview
Formed17 December 1948; 75 years ago (1948-12-17)
Preceding agency
Jurisdiction Finland
HeadquartersKatajanokanlaituri 3, Helsinki
Employees505 (2020)[1]
Annual budget€53.9 million (2023)
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Antti Pelttari, Director
Parent departmentMinistry of the Interior
Websitesupo.fi/en/frontpage

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Finnish: Suojelupoliisi, Supo), formerly the Finnish Security Police and Finnish Security Intelligence Service,[2][3] is the security and intelligence agency of Finland in charge of national security, such as counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior. The agency had a distinct role during the Cold War in monitoring communists as well as in the balance between Finnish independence and Soviet appeasement. After the 1990s, Supo has focused more on countering terrorism and in the 2010s, on preventing hybrid operations.

  1. ^ "Supo vuosikirja 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ "About Supo". Supo. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ^ Pietiläinen, Tuomo (6 March 2018). "Supo on saamassa lisää rahaa, tehtäviä ja siviiliväkeä – Näin salainen poliisi paisuu, jos tiedustelulait hyväksytään". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 December 2023. Nykyään Supo on englanniksi Finnish Security Intelligence Service ... Olemmeko tulevaisuudessa sitten Finnish Security AND Intelligence Service, niin se voisi olla loogista