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Contact information

• If you need to see one of our officials, you must make an appointment beforehand.
• The caller has to pay the standard call charge, although there is no separate service charge. We can return your call on request.
• If you do not know any Finnish, Swedish or English, you can write a letter or e-mail in your native language, in which case the office will have the letter or e-mail translated. This will not cost you anything. We kindly ask you to keep your letter to a maximum of two pages.
  

Postal address:
Office of the Ombudsman for Minorities
PO Box 26,
FI-00023 GOVERNMENT

Street address:
Mikonkatu 25, Helsinki

Customer service number: +358 (0)71 878 8666
weekdays 10-12

Administrative issues: +358 (0)71 878 8673
Media contacts: +358 (0)71 878 8675 or +358 (0)71 878 8669
Switchboard: +358 (0)71 878 0171
Fax: +358 (0)71 878 8672

E-mail: ofm (at) ofm.fi

Personnel e-mail: firstname.surname@ofm.fi

Office personnel:
Ms Eva Biaudet, Ombudsman for Minorities
Mr Rainer Hiltunen, Head of Office
Mr Robin Harms, Senior Officer
Ms Päivi Keskitalo, Senior Officer
Ms Yrsa Nyman, Senior Officer
Ms Venla Roth, Senior Officer
Ms Hanna Välimaa, Senior Officer
Ms Päivi Okuogume, Planning Officer
Ms Maria Holmström, Planning Officer
Mr Massimo Zanasi, Department Secretary
Mr Attikos Sironen, Office Secretary
Ms Henna Lehtonen, Trainee Secretary
Mr Ibrahim Ahmed, Civilian Serviceman