National Library card enables remote use of National Biography and Suomen talouselämän vaikuttajat resource
Access to the National Biography of Finland and the Suomen talouselämän vaikuttajat resource has changed at the beginning of 2026. From now on, using these resources requires a National Library card and a login to the National Library’s search service, including on University campuses. Before the change, the resources could be accessed in the University of Helsinki network.
The National Biography of Finland and the Suomen talouselämän vaikuttajat resource contain brief biographies of thousands of Finns. Customers of the National Library of Finland can now access these digital publications remotely by logging in to the library’s search service.
The first contains more than 6,600 brief biographies of people significant to the history of Finland from a thousand-year span. The articles are continuously updated. The Suomen talouselämän vaikuttajat resource contains brief biographies of roughly 2,300 economically influential people and business leaders, focusing on the period of Finland’s independence. While some of the articles (green in the search results) are freely available, most (red in the search results) require logging in to the National Library’s search service.
Links to the digital resources in the National Library’s search service:
Accessing the resources requires a National Library card and logging in to the National Library search service. On-site use at the library also requires logging in to the search service. Please note that when logging in with Haka or Finna credentials, you must have a National Library card attached to the account. If you do not yet have a National Library card, you can find application instructions on our website.
Conditions of use for digital material
Further information on the digital publications on the Finnish Literature Society website:
- National Biography of Finland: https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/national-biography
- Suomen talouselämän vaikuttajat: https://kansallisbiografia.fi/talousvaikuttajat/esittely (in Finnish only)
Feedback: nationallibrary@helsinki.fi
Picture: Marko Oja / National Library of Finland