The Healthy Finland survey will provide up-to-date information on the health, well-being and service use of people living in Finland, as well as on changes and future developments in these areas. The study also forms a situation picture for the different wellbeing services counties.
The Healthy Finland 2025-2026 survey collects information for the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS). The next national Healthy Finland survey will be carried out in 2028.
The Healthy Finland population survey also includes the MoniSuomi survey. The information provided by the MoniSuomi survey will help in promoting equality for foreign-born population in Finland.
Goals
The Healthy Finland survey will provide reliable and up-to-date information on the health, well-being and service use of adults living in Finland, as well as on changes and future developments in these areas. The versatile and high-quality research data also promotes interdisciplinary top-level research.
Implementation
Permanent residents of Finland over the age of 20 will be invited to participate in the study. Exceptionally, in 2025, people aged 15 and over will be invited to take part in the survey. In future Healthy Finland survey will be conducted every three years.
The Healthy Finland survey consists of different surveys which vary from year to year:
- Every three years, a large-scale survey is carried out to assess health, well-being and use of services, among other things. This data is used to produce an up-to-date snapshot of well-being in the wellbeing services counties.
- Every six years, the Healthy Finland Survey collects data for the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS). The survey is carried out in the European Union and provides comparable information on the situation in different countries.
- Every nine years, the survey is accompanied by a comprehensive health check, including a range of measurements, blood sampling, questionnaires and additional tests for some of the participants, for example on alcohol consumption and oral health.
The data collected in the questionnaires and health check surveys will be supplemented with data from national registers.
Funding
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Partners
The Healthy Finland survey has several different partners in different data collection years.
Partners for the studies conducted in 2022–2025 include:
- Alko
- European Union
- Finnish Dental Association
- Finnish Dental Society Apollonia
- Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- Mary and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation
- Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM)
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM)
- Novartis
- Novo Nordisk
- Odontologiska Samfundet rf
- Orion
- Sigrid Jusélius Foundation
- Suun terveydenhoidon ammattiliitto STAL ry
- The Finnish ORL-HNS Foundation
- The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
- Turku University Hospital (TYKS)
Contact details
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