Requesting a death certificate from Statistics Finland's archives
Death certificates are stored in different locations depending on when the deceased died.
Read more about storage of death certificates
If you need the death certificate of a person who died after 1965, you can request it from our death certificate archives. Please note that the latest death certificates come to our archives at a delay of several months.
If your close relative died less than a year ago, you should primarily contact the health care establishment that issued the death certificate.
Instructions for handling matters
You can request the death certificate of a close relative deceased in 1966 or after that from us. Individual copies of death certificates are free of charge for close relatives.
If necessary, we provide a signed and stamped copy of the death certificate for handling matters abroad. You can find information about having the death certificate translated and the apostille certificate on this page under “Death certificate abroad”.
Request a death certificate
If the language of the form is incorrect, select EN from the links at the top to access the form in English.
Use the Suomi.fi identifier at the end of the list to log in to the form. If you have used the service before, identification may be bypassed automatically.
After the identification, you will be directed straight to the correct form.
The information requested on the form:
- last and first names of the deceased person
- personal identity code (date of birth)
- date of death
- last municipality of residence
- relation between the requester and the deceased
- name, address and telephone number of the requester
Please note that you cannot log in to the form on behalf of another person.
If you are unable to use the form or you are acting on behalf of another person
If necessary, you can also submit the request to Statistics Finland by email or post.
- email: kuolemansyyt@stat.fi
- postal address:
Statistics Finland
Cause of death statistics
FI-00022 Statistics Finland
Finland
If you wish, you can send the request via secured email at https://turvaviesti.tilastokeskus.fi. Please select kuolemansyyt@stat.fi as the recipient of the secured email.
Instructions for sending secured email
How can an insurance company or an authority request a death certificate?
If you request a death certificate in the name of an insurance company or an authority entitled to receive information, send the request by secure email to kuolemansyyt@stat.fi. Use either your organisation's own secure email or Statistics Finland's secure email.
Death certificate abroad
In which languages can a death certificate be obtained?
A copy of the death certificate can be obtained only in the language in which the physician has written the original death certificate. The person concerned must see to the possible translation of the death certificate.
Can an apostille certificate be obtained for a copy of a death certificate?
Yes. The apostille certificate is requested from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. For this purpose, the death certificate must contain official entries with a signature and stamp.
Request a copy from the supplier of the death certificate, including handwritten signatures and an appropriate stamp. The signature must be original, handwritten and done with a pen.
Further information
More information about death certificates and attending to the deceased's affairs