--- title: "Suomi.fi e-Identification and Mobiilivarmenne (Mobile Certificate) Enrolment" country: finland service: "suomi-fi-e-identification-and-mobiilivarmenne-mobile-certificate-enrollment" category: identification difficulty: moderate estimated_time: "Mobile Certificate activation is same-session — the credential is usable within minutes of bank-credential authentication at the operator portal. Online banking credentials are issued through the bank's own onboarding window, typically alongside account opening. The Citizen Certificate route takes longer because the activation code travels by post after the police-issued identity card is picked up; the postal step alone is up to two weeks. Cross-border foreign electronic identifiers register immediately on first sign-in, with no separate enrolment inside Finland." cost_range: €0 last_verified: 2026-05-21 canonical: https://publicservices.guide/finland/suomi-fi-e-identification-and-mobiilivarmenne-mobile-certificate-enrollment/ status: current confidence: low tags: - "suomi-fi" - mobiilivarmenne - "mobile-certificate" - "strong-authentication" - dvv - newcomer - identification - eidas - fineid - finland sources: - https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/what-is-suomifi-e-identification - https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/information-on-identification-tokens-used-in-suomi-fi-e-identification/activating-a-mobile-certificate - https://www.mobiilivarmenne.fi/en/ - https://www.telia.fi/kauppa/palvelut/mobiilivarmenne - https://www.dna.fi/mobiilivarmenne - https://elisa.fi/tietoturva/mobiilivarmenne/ - https://www.suomi.fi/services/citizen-certificate-digital-and-population-data-services-agency/dc540ff4-0030-46b2-add0-9f7ceb2a41c8 - https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/information-on-identification-tokens-used-in-suomi-fi-e-identification/using-the-identification-tokens-of-other-european-countries-in-finland - https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/instructions-for-the-finnish-authenticator-application - https://dvv.fi/en/activation-of-the-citizen-certificate --- # Suomi.fi e-Identification and Mobiilivarmenne (Mobile Certificate) Enrolment **Country:** 🇫🇮 Finland **Last verified:** 2026-05-21 **Estimated time:** Mobile Certificate activation is same-session — the credential is usable within minutes of bank-credential authentication at the operator portal. Online banking credentials are issued through the bank's own onboarding window, typically alongside account opening. The Citizen Certificate route takes longer because the activation code travels by post after the police-issued identity card is picked up; the postal step alone is up to two weeks. Cross-border foreign electronic identifiers register immediately on first sign-in, with no separate enrolment inside Finland. **Cost:** €0 ## Required documents - **Finnish personal identity code** *(henkilötunnus · personbeteckning)* - Function: Required by all three primary enrolment routes — Mobile Certificate, online banking, and the Citizen Certificate. Allocated by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency when residence is registered or when an employer or service makes the registration request. - Issuing authority: Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Finnish Digi- ja väestötietovirasto · Swedish Myndigheten för digitalisering och befolkningsdata, "DVV"). - _Note:_ The Finnish personal identity code (*henkilötunnus · personbeteckning*) is the master identifier behind every Suomi.fi-tunnistus token. If it is later replaced, every token tied to the old code must be re-enrolled under the new one. - **Finnish online banking credentials** *(pankkitunnukset · bankkoder)* - Function: Used as a Suomi.fi-tunnistus token in their own right, and as the bootstrap identifier for Mobile Certificate activation. - Issuing authority: The customer's Finnish bank — OP, Nordea, S-Pankki, POP Pankki, Säästöpankki, Aktia, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Ålandsbanken, and others. - _Note:_ Issued after the bank completes its own customer-identification flow against the Finnish personal identity code. Finnish online banking codes (*pankkitunnukset · bankkoder*) are historically referred to as the TUPAS-equivalent token in Finnish strong-authentication. - **Active Finnish mobile subscription** - Required type: Postpaid Finnish subscription — prepaid is not accepted by any of the three operators. The SIM must support Mobile Certificate provisioning; embedded-SIM support varies by operator. - Operators: DNA, Elisa, or Telia. - _Note:_ Switching operators is not a transfer event for Mobile Certificate — the credential is re-enrolled with the new operator. - **Finnish identity card with chip** *(henkilökortti · identitetskort)* - Function: Carries the Citizen Certificate on its chip. The card is the physical bearer of the smartcard-based route into Suomi.fi-tunnistus. - Issuing authority: Finnish Police (poliisi · polisen). Apply in person at a police station inside Finland, or at a Finnish mission abroad. - _Note:_ Identity-card fees are set by the Finnish Police's published price list and change independently of the Citizen Certificate (*varmennekortti · certifikatkort*) itself. - **Activation code for the Citizen Certificate** - Delivery: Posted to the registered address by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency after the identity card is picked up. - Use: Entered once on a computer with a chip-card reader, with the agency's reader software installed, to activate the certificate stored on the card's chip. - _Note:_ Five wrong entries lock the activation code. A separate unlock code can be ordered from the issuing agency to recover the card. - **Chip-card reader plus reader software** - Hardware: A chip-card reader connected to a computer. The reader is the consumer-grade type compatible with national identity-card chips. - Software: The Digital and Population Data Services Agency publishes the card-reader software on its own website; the same software is used for activation and for subsequent identification events. - _Note:_ Required only for the Citizen Certificate enrolment and use; not relevant for Mobile Certificate or online banking routes. - **Foreign electronic identifier (cross-border route)** - Acceptance: Electronic identifiers notified under the EU electronic-identity scheme are accepted at Suomi.fi-tunnistus when the destination e-service has opted in to foreign electronic identifiers. Around twenty European countries are currently included. - Use: Selected via the "Identification Tokens of Other European Countries" entry on the Suomi.fi-tunnistus picker; the user is forwarded to their home-country authentication flow. - _Note:_ The choice of e-services that accept foreign electronic identifiers is narrower than the picker implies — confirm at the destination service. ## Costs - **Suomi.fi e-Identification gateway access:** 0 EUR — Free for individuals at the gateway. Relying e-services pay a per-transaction fee to the operating agency that does not pass through to end users. - **Mobile Certificate (operator-set, three different price models):** 0 EUR — Free at the gateway. Each operator sets its own monthly price for the credential separately; see additional items for the current operator-by-operator parity table. - **Online banking codes as Suomi.fi-tunnistus token:** 0 EUR — No separate Suomi.fi fee. The use of online banking codes as a strong-authentication token is bundled into the bank's ordinary account fees. - **Citizen Certificate on the Finnish identity card:** 0 EUR — The certificate itself does not carry a separate fee. The identity card on which it lives is subject to a separate fee published by the Finnish Police price list. - **Finnish Authenticator application (foreigner route):** 0 EUR — Free to download from the iOS and Android stores. The destination e-service decides whether it accepts the Finnish Authenticator. ## Steps ### 1. Pick the Suomi.fi-tunnistus Route That Matches Your Situation - (Applicant) Confirm whether you already hold a Finnish personal identity code. The three primary Finnish-credential routes — Mobile Certificate, online banking codes, and the Citizen Certificate — all assume a Finnish personal identity code is in place. - (Applicant) Choose Mobile Certificate if you already hold Finnish online banking codes and a postpaid Finnish mobile subscription with DNA, Elisa, or Telia. Choose the Citizen Certificate route if you hold or are about to receive the police-issued Finnish identity card with a chip. Choose the online-banking-codes-only route if you already log in to Finnish online banking and do not yet need a second token. - (Applicant) Choose the Finnish Authenticator application or a foreign electronic identifier notified under the EU electronic-identity scheme if no Finnish-credential route is yet available and the destination e-service supports the chosen route. > **Tip:** The realistic newcomer ordering is: register a Finnish personal identity code, open a Finnish bank account, sign a postpaid Finnish mobile subscription, and only then activate Mobile Certificate. There is no foreign-passport-direct activation path at any of the three operators. _Links:_ - [Suomi.fi-tunnistus — token list](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/information-on-identification-tokens-used-in-suomi-fi-e-identification) ### 2. Enrol Mobile Certificate with Your Operator _Applies when: Mobile-Certificate route only. Requires a postpaid Finnish mobile subscription with DNA, Elisa, or Telia, plus Finnish online banking codes as the bootstrap identifier._ - (Applicant) Open the operator-specific Mobile Certificate page — dna.fi/mobiilivarmenne for DNA, elisa.fi/tietoturva/mobiilivarmenne for Elisa, or telia.fi/kauppa/palvelut/mobiilivarmenne for Telia. - (Applicant) Start the activation flow and authenticate with your Finnish online banking codes when prompted. The Suomi.fi-tunnistus activation guidance directs the applicant to verify identity "in connection with the activation" using Finnish online banking codes. - (Applicant) Enter the Finnish mobile number, confirm a one-time code delivered by text message, and set a four-digit personal code that becomes the second factor for every Mobile Certificate identification event. - (DNA, Elisa, or Telia) Activate the credential on the SIM. Mobile Certificate is then ready to use at any of the e-services that accept Suomi.fi-tunnistus. > **Tip:** Telia confirms that the Mobile Certificate credential is valid for five years from activation and must be re-registered after expiry. > **If this fails:** If activation fails because the SIM type is not supported — most commonly an embedded SIM on DNA — contact the operator's customer service or visit an operator store for a compatible SIM. Prepaid subscriptions cannot activate Mobile Certificate at any of the three operators. _Links:_ - [DNA — Mobile Certificate activation portal](https://www.dna.fi/mobiilivarmenne) - [Elisa — Mobile Certificate consumer page](https://elisa.fi/tietoturva/mobiilivarmenne/) - [Telia — Mobile Certificate product page](https://www.telia.fi/kauppa/palvelut/mobiilivarmenne) ### 3. Use Finnish Online Banking Codes as a Suomi.fi-tunnistus Token _Applies when: Online-banking-codes route. No separate Suomi.fi-tunnistus enrolment — the bank issues the credentials through its own onboarding flow._ - (Applicant) Open a Finnish bank account with one of the Suomi.fi-tunnistus-accepted banks — OP, Nordea, S-Pankki, POP Pankki, Säästöpankki, Aktia, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Ålandsbanken, or others. The bank issues the online banking codes after completing its own customer-identification flow against the Finnish personal identity code. - (Applicant) At a Suomi.fi-tunnistus picker, select the bank's icon. The picker redirects to the bank's own authentication flow; the customer completes the bank's strong-authentication step and is returned to the destination e-service. - (Bank) Vouches for the identification event to the destination e-service over the Suomi.fi-tunnistus gateway. > **Tip:** The online-banking-codes route does not require any additional enrolment beyond holding usable codes at the bank. The same codes are also the bootstrap identifier used when activating Mobile Certificate. _Links:_ - [Suomi.fi-tunnistus — accepted tokens overview](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/information-on-identification-tokens-used-in-suomi-fi-e-identification) ### 4. Activate the Citizen Certificate on the Finnish Identity Card _Applies when: Citizen-Certificate route. Requires a Finnish identity card with chip, the postal activation code, a computer, a chip-card reader, and the agency's reader software._ - (Applicant) Apply for the Finnish identity card at a police station inside Finland or at a Finnish mission abroad. The identity card carries the chip on which the Citizen Certificate is installed. - (Digital and Population Data Services Agency) Post the activation code to the registered address after the identity card is picked up — typically within two weeks of card pickup. - (Applicant) Install the agency's chip-card reader software on a computer and connect a chip-card reader. Run the activation flow, enter the posted activation code, and set two personal codes — one used for identification and one used for electronic signatures. - (Applicant) Test the activated certificate by signing in to a Suomi.fi-tunnistus-accepting e-service. > **Tip:** The activation-code length depends on the chip-technology generation of the identity card — earlier-generation cards use a longer activation code and current-generation cards use a shorter one. See the additional items and FAQs for the exact dual-format split; the activation process itself is the same. > **If this fails:** Five wrong entries of the activation code lock the activation flow. Order the unlock code separately from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency to recover the card and retry. ### 5. Use the Finnish Authenticator or a Foreign Electronic Identifier _Applies when: For people without a Finnish personal identity code, a Finnish bank account, a Finnish mobile subscription, or the Finnish identity card — or for destination e-services that explicitly accept the foreign route._ - (Applicant) Download the Finnish Authenticator application from the iOS or Android store and complete the in-application enrolment as described on the Suomi.fi-tunnistus instructions for the application. - (Applicant) At the destination e-service, confirm before relying on the route that the service accepts the Finnish Authenticator application. The Suomi.fi-tunnistus guidance is explicit that the Finnish Authenticator is "only intended for foreigners who do not have a Finnish identification token" and that users "should verify with their specific e-service that Finnish Authenticator is accepted for authentication". - (Applicant — foreign electronic identifier route) At the Suomi.fi-tunnistus picker, select "Identification Tokens of Other European Countries" and follow the home-country authentication flow. The destination e-service must be one that has opted in to foreign electronic identifiers. > **Tip:** The Suomi.fi-tunnistus guidance confirms that around twenty European countries' electronic identifiers are recognised on the Finnish gateway, but acceptance at any specific Finnish e-service is decided by that e-service. The accepting subset is narrower than the picker implies. _Links:_ - [Suomi.fi-tunnistus — Finnish Authenticator instructions](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/instructions-for-the-finnish-authenticator-application) - [Suomi.fi-tunnistus — using identification tokens of other European countries in Finland](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/information-on-identification-tokens-used-in-suomi-fi-e-identification/using-the-identification-tokens-of-other-european-countries-in-finland) ### 6. Test Sign-In and Maintain the Token - (Applicant) Sign in to a Suomi.fi-tunnistus-accepting e-service — for example MyTax (Vero), OmaKela (Kela), or any of the broad set of public-administration e-services — to confirm the activated route works end-to-end. - (Applicant) Keep the personal codes current. For Mobile Certificate, the four-digit code is needed at every identification event; for the Citizen Certificate, the basic identification code and the signature code are needed for their respective flows. - (Applicant) Plan a re-enrolment if the Finnish personal identity code changes (every Suomi.fi-tunnistus token tied to the old code must be re-issued), if the SIM is swapped or the operator is changed (Mobile Certificate is re-enrolled with the new operator), or if Mobile Certificate approaches its operator-published validity expiry — Telia publishes a five-year validity from activation. > **Tip:** International text-message rates may apply for Mobile Certificate authentication while abroad — Telia notes this on its product page. Confirm with your operator before relying on cross-border SMS-based authentication. ## FAQ ### Which Suomi.fi-tunnistus route should a brand-new arrival start with? The realistic ordering is: register a Finnish personal identity code first; open a Finnish bank account second; sign a postpaid Finnish mobile subscription with DNA, Elisa, or Telia third; and activate Mobile Certificate fourth. The Citizen Certificate route is parallel and depends on receiving the police-issued identity card and the postal activation code. The Finnish Authenticator application is the only Suomi.fi-tunnistus token a newcomer without a Finnish personal identity code, bank account, or Finnish identity card can use — and the destination e-service has to opt in to it. ### Can prepaid mobile subscriptions enrol Mobile Certificate? No. The Suomi.fi-tunnistus activation page states that Mobile Certificate cannot be activated on a prepaid subscription. The customer needs a postpaid Finnish subscription with DNA, Elisa, or Telia. This applies uniformly to all three operators and is not negotiable per-customer. ### Which Mobile Certificate operator is cheapest? Pricing differs by operator and is set by each operator independently. Telia bundles Mobile Certificate free of charge with phone subscriptions. DNA offers a twelve-month promotional free period and applies its published monthly rate afterwards. Elisa bundles Mobile Certificate free with its Liittymäturva (Subscription Security) plans and otherwise charges a monthly rate with the first month free. Promotional terms change; check the operator portals listed in sources at the time of activation. ### Is Mobile Certificate stored on the SIM or in an app? On the SIM card. The consortium technical page describes Mobile Certificate as based on two-factor authentication using the customer's personal identification code and the phone's SIM card. There is no separate Mobile Certificate app. Switching to a new SIM — for example after changing operator — requires re-enrolling Mobile Certificate with the new operator. ### Can Mobile Certificate run on an embedded SIM (eSIM)? Operator-specific. DNA explicitly states that embedded-SIM cards do not support Mobile Certificate. Telia explicitly confirms that Mobile Certificate can be activated on an embedded SIM. Elisa does not surface an explicit answer on the consumer page and points the customer to confirm with Elisa customer service at activation. ### I have the Finnish identity card with the chip. Is the Citizen Certificate already active? No. The chip on the card carries the certificate, but the certificate must be activated separately. After the card is picked up at the police, the Digital and Population Data Services Agency posts an activation code to the registered address, typically within two weeks. The cardholder then connects a chip-card reader to a computer, installs the agency's reader software, enters the activation code, and sets two personal codes during the activation flow — one for identification and one for electronic signatures. ### What is the activation-code format for the Citizen Certificate? The activation code is posted by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency after the police-issued identity card is picked up. The format depends on the date the identity card was issued: cards issued from 13 January 2026 onwards carry an updated chip technology and use a seven-digit activation code; cards issued before that date use an eight-digit activation code. The activation process itself — chip-card reader, agency reader software, activation code entry, two personal codes set — is unchanged across both formats. ### If my Finnish personal identity code changes, do my Suomi.fi-tunnistus tokens still work? No. The Suomi.fi-tunnistus help pages state that new tokens are required when the personal identity code changes. Mobile Certificate, online banking codes, and the Citizen Certificate all need to be re-issued under the new personal identity code. Plan a re-enrolment window with the operator and the bank when a code change is processed by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. ### Can I use my home-country electronic identifier to sign in to any Finnish public service? No. The Finnish gateway accepts foreign electronic identifiers notified under the EU electronic-identity scheme, but each destination e-service decides whether it accepts foreign electronic identifiers. The Suomi.fi-tunnistus guidance is explicit that foreign identifiers can be used only if the destination e-service has opted in. The accepting subset is narrower than the picker implies — confirm at the destination service before relying on it. ### When will the Finnish Citizen Certificate work for signing in to other European countries' e-services? The Digital and Population Data Services Agency states that the Finnish Citizen Certificate was notified under the EU electronic-identity scheme in April 2025, and that cross-border identification at other European countries' public-administration e-services becomes available from the beginning of 2026 onwards. The destination service has to support the cross-border flow at its end; verify with the destination service before relying on it. ## Local tips - If you have only just arrived and hold neither a Finnish identity code nor a Finnish bank account, the Finnish Authenticator application is the only Suomi.fi-recognised token you can use until those are in place. Each destination e-service decides whether it accepts the Finnish Authenticator, so confirm at the service before relying on it. - The activation step for Mobile Certificate uses your Finnish online banking codes as the bootstrap identifier. Open the Finnish bank account before booking an operator activation slot — there is no foreign-passport-direct activation path with any of the three operators. - Mobile Certificate is bound to the SIM, not to the device. Switching to a new operator means re-enrolling Mobile Certificate with the new operator; switching phones while keeping the same SIM does not. - If you hold an electronic identifier notified under the EU electronic-identity scheme by another European country, you can sign in to a Finnish public-administration e-service that explicitly accepts foreign electronic identifiers. The list of accepting services is narrower than the Suomi.fi-tunnistus picker suggests — confirm at the destination service. - The Citizen Certificate is not switched on by default when the police hand you a Finnish identity card. The card holds the chip and the certificate is burned to it, but you must activate it separately on a computer with a chip-card reader and the agency's reader software. ## Sources - [Suomi.fi — Digital and Population Data Services Agency (service definition)](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/what-is-suomifi-e-identification) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — Suomi.fi e-Identification is the strong identification service which enables users to log into the electronic services of public administration in Finland. The service is being developed by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. - [Suomi.fi — Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Mobile Certificate activation)](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/information-on-identification-tokens-used-in-suomi-fi-e-identification/activating-a-mobile-certificate) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — Activation prerequisites — an active mobile subscription with DNA, Elisa, or Telia, and Finnish online banking codes used to verify identity in connection with the activation. Mobile Certificate cannot be activated on a prepaid subscription. - [Mobiilivarmenne consortium — DNA, Elisa, Telia (canonical English landing)](https://www.mobiilivarmenne.fi/en/) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — Mobile Certificate is a service developed and maintained in collaboration between Finnish mobile-network operators DNA, Elisa, and Telia. It works with over twenty thousand services, and around 99 per cent of Suomi.fi-tunnistus-enabled e-services accept Mobile Certificate as a means of strong identification. Each operator sets the price for the service independently. - [Telia Finland — Mobile Certificate product page](https://www.telia.fi/kauppa/palvelut/mobiilivarmenne) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — Telia publishes Mobile Certificate at €0/kk (free per month) bundled with Telia phone subscriptions. The credential is valid for five years from activation and must be re-registered after expiry. Telia confirms Mobile Certificate can be activated on an embedded SIM. International text-message rates may apply when authentication SMS is delivered abroad. - [DNA Finland — Mobile Certificate page](https://www.dna.fi/mobiilivarmenne) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — DNA publishes Mobile Certificate with a twelve-month-free promotional period from activation, after which a monthly rate of €2,01/kk applies; the activation setup fee is €0. DNA states that embedded-SIM cards do not support Mobile Certificate. The activation flow consists of registering online, verifying identity via Finnish online banking codes, entering the phone number, confirming a text-message code, and setting a four-digit personal code. - [Elisa Finland — Mobile Certificate consumer page](https://elisa.fi/tietoturva/mobiilivarmenne/) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — Elisa publishes Mobile Certificate at €2,99/kk with the first month free, and bundles it free of charge for customers on Liittymäturva (Subscription Security) plans. Free for corporate customers on Elisa business subscriptions. Functions on phones with text-message capability and one device at a time. Minors aged thirteen to seventeen need guardian consent recorded via a power-of-attorney document. - [Suomi.fi — Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Citizen Certificate service page)](https://www.suomi.fi/services/citizen-certificate-digital-and-population-data-services-agency/dc540ff4-0030-46b2-add0-9f7ceb2a41c8) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — The Citizen Certificate is available to Finnish nationals and to foreign nationals residing in Finnish municipalities with valid residence permits, whose identity has been reliably established. The certificate is installed on the chip of the Finnish identity card issued by the Finnish Police; it is not automatically active and the cardholder must activate it separately. A fee is charged for the identity card itself according to the price list of the Finnish Police. - [Suomi.fi — Digital and Population Data Services Agency (cross-border identifier acceptance)](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/information-on-identification-tokens-used-in-suomi-fi-e-identification/using-the-identification-tokens-of-other-european-countries-in-finland) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — The common European means of identification allows the safe use of e-services provided by public administration in Europe across national borders. Foreign electronic identifiers can be used at a Finnish e-service only if foreigners are permitted to use that specific e-service. Around twenty European countries are currently supported, including Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Sweden. - [Suomi.fi — Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Finnish Authenticator application)](https://www.suomi.fi/instructions-and-support/identification/instructions-for-the-finnish-authenticator-application) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — The Finnish Authenticator application is an identification service for foreign citizens that allows them to use Finnish public administration e-services. The application is only intended for foreigners who do not have a Finnish identification token, and users should verify with their specific e-service that Finnish Authenticator is accepted for authentication. - [Digital and Population Data Services Agency — Activation of the Citizen Certificate (cite-not-quote; canonical returns 403 to non-browser clients)](https://dvv.fi/en/activation-of-the-citizen-certificate) — accessed 2026-05-21 — _T1_ — The agency posts an activation code to the registered address within two weeks of identity-card pickup. Activation requires the activation code, a computer, a chip-card reader, and the agency's card-reader software. Activation creates two personal codes — a basic identification code and a signature code. Five wrong entries lock the activation code; a separately ordered unlock code recovers the card. On identity cards issued from 13 January 2026 onwards the activation code is seven digits long; on identity cards issued before that date the activation code is eight digits long. The agency states that identification and signature certificates it issues meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and the Act on Strong Electronic Identification and Electronic Signatures (617/2009). The Finnish Citizen Certificate was notified under the EU electronic-identity scheme in April 2025, with cross-border identification at other European countries' public-administration e-services available from the beginning of 2026 onwards. --- Verification pending — see the canonical page for the latest trust state. Canonical: https://publicservices.guide/finland/suomi-fi-e-identification-and-mobiilivarmenne-mobile-certificate-enrollment/