National

Supreme Court of Finland

Based in Finland

Source: korkeinoikeus.fi, checked Oct 12, 2026

Who sits on it

President of the Supreme Court
Appointed by the President of the Republic
- Tatu Leppänen President of the Supreme Court · since September 2019
justices of the Supreme Court
Appointed by the President of the Republic

Sourced · checked Oct 12, 2026

Sources for who sits on it

President of the Supreme Court korkeinoikeus.fi · checked Oct 12, 2026
Tatu Leppänen as President of the Supreme Court valtioneuvosto.fi · checked Oct 12, 2026
Justice of the Supreme Court korkeinoikeus.fi · checked Oct 12, 2026

Highest court in civil and criminal matters
The Supreme Court is the highest instance in civil and criminal cases (Constitution, section 99).

Sourced · checked Oct 12, 2026

Sources for what it can do

korkeinoikeus.fi · checked Oct 12, 2026 Supreme Court of Finland, Members and staff, read 2026-10-12: President Tatu Leppanen and the justices listed. For: Supreme Court of Finland, President of the Supreme Court, Justice of the Supreme Court
eduskunta.fi · checked Oct 12, 2026 Official Finnish and Swedish names of the institutions as used on eduskunta.fi, presidentti.fi, valtioneuvosto.fi, korkeinoikeus.fi, kho.fi, lagtinget.ax and regeringen.ax, read 2026-10-12 and Statistics Finland regional classification for the 19 region names. For: Supreme Court of Finland in Finnish, Supreme Court of Finland in Swedish
finlex.fi · checked Oct 12, 2026 Finlex, Constitution of Finland (731/1999) English translation, as cited in the description: structure of presidency, government, parliament and courts. For: Highest court in civil and criminal matters
valtioneuvosto.fi · checked Oct 12, 2026 Valtioneuvosto, press release on appointing Tatu Leppanen President of the Supreme Court (search result, appointment effective 1 September 2019), read 2026-10-12. For: Tatu Leppänen as President of the Supreme Court

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