There are 16 Finnish and 3 Swedish Evangelic-Lutheran parishes in Helsinki. Your parish is determined based on your home address. You either belong to a Finnish or a Swedish parish in your district. As a member, you can choose whether you want to be part of the Finnish or the Swedish parish in your area.

You can check which parish you belong to on your personal data records on the Suomi.fi-website. You may also ask the Helsinki parishes’ Central Register, tel. 09 2340 8000 Mon-Fri 9-15.

You are welcome to attend services, events, and other activities in any parish regardless of which parish you officially belong to.

Finnish-speaking Parishes in Helsinki

You can view the Finnish parishes on this map (in Finnish).

‍ Haaga parish covers Etelä-Haaga and Pohjois-Haaga, Kivihaka, and Lassila.

Herttoniemi parish comprises four boroughs: Herttoniemi, Herttoniemenranta, Kulosaari, and Myllypuro.

Kallio parish includes Kallio, Alppila, Harju, Sörnäinen, Torkkelinmäki, and Siltasaari. kuuluvat Kallio, Alppila, Harju, Sörnäinen, Torkkelinmäki ja Siltasaari.

Kannelmäki parish includes the boroughs of Kannelmäki, Hakuninmaa, Maununneva, Malminkartano, Honkasuo, and Kuninkaantammi.

Lauttasaari parish covers the Lauttasaari island.

Malmi parish is the largest parish in Helsinki both geographically and by membership. For example Jakomäki, Malmi, Pihlajamäki, Puistola, Pukinmäki, Siltamäki, Tapanila, and Viikki are all part of Malmi parish.

Mikael parish covers Fallbacka, Itäkeskus, Kivikko, Kontula, Kurkimäki, Mellunmäki, Puotila, Puotinharju, Tankovainio, Vartioharju, Vartiokylä, Vesala, and Östersundom.

Munkkiniemi parish comprises the boroughs of Munkkiniemi, Munkkivuori, Lehtisaari, Kuusisaari, Kaskisaari, Niemenmäki, and Talinranta.

Oulunkylä parish includes eight boroughs with strong regional identities: Oulunkylä, Käpylä, Maunula, Metsälä, Patola, Veräjämäki, Veräjälaakso, and Koskela.

Paavalin seurakunta covers the boroughs of Hermanni, Vallila, Kumpula, Toukola, Arabianranta, and Itä-Pasila.

Pakila parish includes Länsi-Pakila, Itä-Pakila, Paloheinä, Torpparinmäki, Haltiala, and Tuomarinkylä.

Pitäjänmäki parish covers Pitäjänmäki, Konala, Tali, Pajamäki, Reimarla, Marttila, and Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue.

Roihuvuori parish covers Marjaniemi, Roihuvuori, and Tammisalo as well as the islands of Jollas, Laajasalo, and Santahamina.

The Cathedral parish includes Eira, Kaartinkaupunki, Kaivopuisto, Kamppi, Katajanokka, Kluuvi, Kruununhaka, Punavuori, Ruoholahti, Jätkäsaari, Ullanlinna, Suomenlinna, and Isosaari.

Töölön parish includes Etu-Töölö, Taka-Töölö, and parts of Kamppi, as well as Meilahti, Ruskeasuo, Länsi-Pasila, and Pikku Huopalahti.

Vuosaari parish covers Keski-Vuosaari as well as Aurinkolahti, Kallahti, Meri-Rastila, Mustavuori, Niinisaari, Nordsjön kartano, Rastila, and Uutela.

Swedish-speaking Parishes in Helsinki

You can view the Swedish parishes on this map (in Swedish).

‍Johannes parish covers South Helsinki and Helsinki Downtown.

Matteus parish covers East Helsinki.

Petrus parish covers West and North Helsinki.

Check your local parishes

‍In the search bar below, write your street address and press enter.‍‍ The result will show both the Finnish and the Swedish speaking parish in your area.