Finland 7.1.3
Aug 03

Finland 7.1.3

  • August 3, 2019

Table 16 provides more up to date and longer time series but covers only state financing through the budget of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

For the sector breakdown of the grants and subsidies to artists and art communities, see chapter 7.2.2

Table 16: State budget allocations to arts and culture, 2012–2016, in thousand EUR

2012 Balance Sheet 2013 Balance sheet 2014 Balance sheet 2015 Balance sheet 2016 Budget
Total state budget: of which 53 446 54 587 53 225 53 337 —
Ministry of Education and Culture: 6 541 000 6 605 000 6 593 000 6 659 000 —
of which Cultural outlays * total: 432 646 451 774 452 240 470 294 458 856
of this; funded from profits of  the national lottery and football pools 222 397 224 634 237 010 236 874 233 322
State / national institutions 129 080 132 872 105 698 104 180 104 248
Finnish National Opera** 51 437 52 262 37 877 37 877 37 877
National Board of Antiquities 21 459 24 513 19 793 19 522 20 750
Finnish Film Foundation*** 2 065 2 075 2 007 2 007 2 007
Finnish National Theatre 11 506 11 506 11 391 11 391 11 391
Finnish National Gallery**** 19 442 19 444 12 573 12 573 12 573
Administration of Suomenlinna 2 905 2 937 2 937 2 524 2 205
Finnish Library for the Visually Impaired 6 464 6 377 7 511 6 935 6 522
National Audiovisual Archive (Until 2008 Finnish Film Archive) 7 664 7 650 7 511 6 935  6 522
Finnish Board of Film Classification – – – – –
Finnish Institute for Russian and East European Studies 1 245 1 200 1 160 1 160 1 160
Arts councils (operating expenses) 4 893 4 908 4 601 4 542 4 289
Statutory state subsidies to: 124 132 127 010 132 910 133 903 127 455
Libraries 9 763 9 512 15 452 19 489 17 140
Museums 35 845 36 791 36 739 35 740 34 452
Theatres and orchestras 78 418 80 601 80 613 78 568 75 863
Municipal cultural services * 106 106 106 106 –
Grants and subsidies to artists 37 730 38 396 33 133 33 095 42 915
Grants 10 474 10 604 11 158 11 403 14 507
Public lending right compensation grants 3 100 3 100 2 734 2 645 3 100
Compensation grants to visual artists 960 960 960 960 960
Lending right compensation grants for music and  illustrators* 195 186 188 188 –
Regional promotion of art 5 520 5 634 5 626 5 619 5 500
Extra pensions for artists and journalists 17 481 17 912 18 093 17 899 18 848
Other promotion of art and culture 141 704 153 496 182 499 199 116 184 238

Source:    Ministry of Education and Culture. *Funds in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Education and Culture. The figures of different years are not entirely comparable because the content of art and culture has varied between the years. **Operating expenditure and rents.***Operating expenditure.**** Operating expenditure and facility costs from 1 January 2014.

This Table demonstrates that the culture industries are only marginally supported by the central government – and even less so by the municipalities. The only sub-sector that receives more substantial public support is film production where the goal that has been set to reach the same level of funding as in the other Nordic countries has already been reached.

There are no detailed statistics on the sector breakdown of municipal funding. The per capita information in the following Table gives a picture of great stability of the sector breakdown that is no doubt mainly due to the fact that museums, theatres and orchestras have been slumped together. The Table also warns of the fact that municipal expenditure figures are not really net figures but contain often also the “state share”.

Table 17:  Sector breakdown of operating per capita costs (in EUR, current prices) of cultural services provided by municipalities, 2010-2014

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Libraries 55 57 58 57 58
Museums and exhibitions 19 19 20 21 21
Theatre, dance and opera 14 14 14 15 15
Music * 13 13 13 13 16
Basic arts education ** 12 12 12 12 13
Education and cultural administration *** 15 14 14 14 13
Other cultural functions **** 23 23 22 20 21
Cultural functions TOTAL 150 153 154 153 153

Source:    Statistic Finland, Finances and activities reported by municipalities and joint municipal authorities.