What is the citizenship test?
A short primer on Finland's new civic-knowledge requirement: what it tests, who has to take it, and when it starts.
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Process
Explainers on the official legislative process.
Process
How Finland's citizenship test became law
How a proposal shelved in 2019 became a law signed in June 2026: the government programme, the working group, the consultation round, and the vote in Parliament.
Who creates the citizenship test?
Migri administers the test but doesn't write its questions. Here's how the University of Helsinki ended up creating Finland's citizenship exam.
The 2019 citizenship test that never happened
Before Petteri Orpo's government wrote a citizenship test into law, another minister from the same party tried the same thing in 2019. It didn't survive the next election.