Finnish Nationality Law - Birth

Birth

A child acquires jus sanguinis Finnish citizenship at birth if

• the child's mother is a Finnish citizen;
• the child's father is a Finnish citizen and the parents are married;
• the child's father is a Finnish citizen, the child is born out of wedlock, and paternity has been established;
• the child's father who died before the child was born was a Finnish citizen and who was married to the child's mother at the time of his death; or
• the child's father, who died before the birth of the child, was a Finnish citizen and the child was born in Finland out of wedlock and the father's paternity was established.