About this website
The kela.fi online service offers information to private citizens about the assistance and benefits available from Kela in different circumstances. Kela.fi also offers service to employers, partner organisations and other stakeholders.
The decisions issued by Kela concerning specific benefits are always based on law and not on the content of this online service. However, we make every effort to ensure that the content is up to date. The date at the bottom of each page shows when it was last updated.
We try to describe the Finnish social security system, and the often complicated legislation governing it, in plain language. The website does not cover all of the details and unique situations that may come up when applying for and receiving benefits. If your situation is complicated, please contact our customer service. You can also have a look at Kela’s administrative guidelines on benefits (available in Finnish and Swedish only).
The legislation on benefits is drawn up by Parliament and the Government. Kela is responsible for implementing the legislation.
Downloadable files
The files linked on this service are primarily in PDF format. They can be opened in a browser or with a PDF reader. For example Adobe Reader (get.adobe.com), which is a free download, can be used for this purpose.
Maintenance and development
This website is maintained and developed by Kela’s Communications Unit.
If you wish to provide general feedback about the website, please use our feedback form. If your feedback is about a specific page and its content, you can click the button that can be found in the section titled “What do you think of this page?” at the bottom of each page.
Copyright
Kela holds the copyright and all other rights to this website. However, the content at kela.fi may be used freely with proper attribution and with the understanding that the user undertakes to keep the content sourced from kela.fi up to date. You are also free to link to Kela’s pages.