On this page, you will find
Please note that all changes must be based on an official document.
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Detail | Change of the detail or rectification of an error |
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Address details | All your addresses notified to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency are recorded in the Population Information System. See instructions on moving in Finland or abroad from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s Moving pageOpens in a new window.. If you only submitted a notification of move to Posti, your address information will not be updated in the Population Information System. Submit a new notification of move where you report your address details to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. If an error has occurred in the processing of a notification of move, you can request rectification of the error with the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s e-formOpens in a new window. (requires identification). Please note that addresses will not be added after the fact, and it is also not possible to remove past address details from the Population Information System. Old addresses may be missing from your address history because that have been closed may have been removed from the Population Information System or the addresses of buildings may have changed as a result of changes in the municipal address registry. You can enquire about old addresses with the building supervision authority of your local municipality |
Buildings owned or represented by you | Details of buildings and their owners are provided by the building supervision authority of the municipalities in which the buildings are located. If your building information is incomplete or needs to be rectified, contact the building supervision in the municipality in which the building is located. The municipal authorities update building data to their own systems, from which the data are transferred to the Population Information System. |
Child guardianship and its content | Child welfare officers report the details of confirmed custody agreements, and the courts report decisions on child welfare to the Population Information System. The right to access information is only displayed if you are not the child’s guardian but you have the right to access information about the child’s affairs. The rights to make decisions are only displayed if you are one of the joint custodians of a child and your right to make decisions is somehow limited. If there are any deficiencies in guardianship data, contact the authority where the decision was made or who confirmed the agreement and reported the guardianship information to the Population Information System. If necessary, the authority reporting the data contacts the Digital and Population Data Services Agency to correct the data. |
Children | A child born in Finland is registered in the Population Information System with a notification from the wellbeing services county. See also “Names”. A child born abroad is registered based on the parents’ notification: Registering a child born abroad - DVV.fiOpens in a new window. You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Citizenship | All your citizenships are listed in the Population Information System when you notify them to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
If you were granted Finnish citizenship before 1 January 1983, your previous citizenships are not listed in the Population Information System. You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Country of birth and municipality of birth | This information is stored in the Population Information System when a personal identity code is issued. Your municipality of birth is the municipality where your mother had a municipality of residence at the time of your birth. You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency record information that is missing or rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Electronic Unique Identification Number | The Electronic Unique Identification Number is a technical identifier that identifies your identity in e-services. It is changed automatically when the personal identity code is changed. |
Foreign identity number | The foreign personal number on a data subject’s passport or identity card can also be recorded in the Population Information System. You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency record the identity number rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Gender | This data is stored in the Population Information System when a personal identity code is issued. Your gender entered in the Population Information System can be corrected to match your gender identity: Confirmation of gender - DVV.fiOpens in a new window. You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Guardianship or continuing power of attorney | Data on guardianship or continuing power of attorney entered in the Population Information System is based on data entered in the Register of Guardianship Affairs. The data in the Population Information System will change if the data entered in the Register of Guardianship Affairs is changed. If there is an error in the data on guardianship or continuing power of attorney, contact the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (instructions after the table). |
Last municipality of residence in Finland of a person living abroad (population registration municipality) | The population registration municipality of a Finnish citizen living abroad permanently is the municipality that was the person’s municipality of residence when last living in Finland. The population registration municipality cannot be rectified because it is automatically the most recent municipality of residence in Finland. |
Marital status | Changes in marital status are recorded in the Population Information System upon notification by an authority. You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency record information that is missing or rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Marriage or registered partnership | The officiator notifies the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of marriages officiated in a district court or a registered religious community. You do not need to report a change in marital status to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency if
Submit a notification to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency if
You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency rectifies an error (instructions after the table). For example, the wedding date can be corrected if you still have the original marriage certificate, from which the date can be determined. |
Move date | The move date is the date you indicate in the notification of move if you submit the notification within one month of moving at the latest. If you submit the notification later than that, the date the notification arrives is entered as the move date. A move date determined by the notification of move cannot be rectified afterwards. |
Municipality of residence | Your municipality of residence is determined according to the Municipality of Residence Act. Your municipality of residence is the municipality where you live permanently. The data is recorded based on a notification of move. If your current municipality of residence is incorrect, submit a notification of move to the place where you live. It is not possible to change the municipality of residence afterwards. |
Municipality of residence at the turn of the year | The municipality of residence at the turn of the year is your municipality of residence on the last day of the year (31 December). The data on the municipality of residence at the turn of the year is used in taxation and statistics. Persons who were domiciled in Finland on 31 December according to the Population Information System are statistically part of the population of the year in question. The municipality of residence at the turn of the year cannot be rectified afterwards. More information: Significance of municipality of residence in taxation - Vero.fiOpens in a new window. |
Names | Forename and surname are recorded in the Population Information System after the birth based on the parents’ notification, when a Finnish personal identity code is issued or after a name change:
You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Number of residents at a permanent address | The Population Information System indicates the number of residents in an apartment located at a certain address. If your details show more residents than your household has, a previous resident has not submitted a notification of move. If your address shows more residents than actually live there, see the instructions on the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s Notification of an extra resident pageOpens in a new window.. |
Parents | Data on parents is recorded in the Population Information System when a child is registered. If only one parent (birthing mother) is recorded when a child is registered, the parenthood of the other parent can be confirmed by a decision of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency or a court of law, and the authority reports the data to the Population Information System. If you do not see your parents’ data and you were born before 1 October 1953, it is not a mistake in your data; instead, it is due to the data scope determined during the establishment stage of the Population Information System. If necessary, your parents’ data is retrieved from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s archives, or it can be requested from parish population registers, for example for estate inventory purposes, which does not necessarily require adding the data to the Population Information System. |
Personal identity code | The personal identity code is issued automatically when a person’s data is recorded in the Population Information System. It is changed automatically in connection with gender confirmation. You can apply for a change of your personal identity code if your health or safety is threatened or if someone has repeatedly misused your personal identity code: Changing your personal identity code - DVV.fiOpens in a new window. You can request that the Digital and Population Data Services Agency rectifies an error (instructions after the table). |
Properties and parcels of land owned by you | Data on properties is provided by the National Land Survey of Finland. If your property information does is not displayed on the Personal data page, you can check it in the property information of the National Land Survey. If there are deficiencies or errors in your property information, contact the National Land Survey's customer serviceOpens in a new window.. |
Religious community | Religious communities report their members to the Population Information System. If the information on your membership is missing, submit a joining notification directly to the religious community with the form Notification - Joining a religious communityOpens in a new window.. You can report your resignation from a religious community on the Personal data page. If there is another error, you can contact the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (instructions after the table). |
Ask for the rectification of an error if there is an error in your basic data or data concerning your personal relationships:
Fill in the form carefully. The Digital and Population Data Services Agency may also ask you for documents related to the matter as justification.
If you did not find the instructions you need on this page, you can contact the customer service for the private customers of the Digital and Population Data Services AgencyOpens in a new window..
Register information was transferred to the centralised Population Information System from other data sources, such as parish registers and the civil register, at the beginning of the 1970s. Not all of the old paper documents had a date marked on them. In these cases, it is possible that only the year, or the year and the month could be transferred to the Population Information System.
That is why, in some of the information fields, the start or end data is displayed as an incomplete or artificial date (for example 00.06.1966, 01.01.0001, 10101, 19710000). The incomplete or artificial date does not affect the validity of the information.
If your data contains incorrect dates, a document certified by the original authority is required to correct date information. For example, the wedding date can be corrected if you still have the original marriage certificate, from which the date can be determined.
It is not possible to correct all date information afterwards. For example, this may be the case for a date of death obtained from abroad. It may only have been reported with the accuracy of the month.