Current Version
| Region | Finland |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2003 |
| End Date | Apr 3, 2023 |
| Description | The authorities shall recognise a person as belonging to the opposite sex to that recorded on the population register, provided they: • Provides a medical report testifying that they permanently experience being a member of the opposite sex and that they live in the gender roles of those and that they have been sterilized or are otherwise incapable of having children • They are an adult • They are not married or in a registered partnership; unless the spouse or partner gives their consent in which case a marriage become a registered partnership and a registered partnership becomes a marriage • They are a Finnish citizen or is resident in Finland |
| Sources | http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2002/20020563 https://seta.fi/arkistot/uutinen/ https://dvv.fi/sv/faststallande-av-annan-konstillhorighet |
Revision History (6)
Revision by Notdog1996. Date has been pushed back
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | Mar 1, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 |
| Sources | http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2002/20020563 https://seta.fi/arkistot/uutinen/ | http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2002/20020563 https://seta.fi/arkistot/uutinen/ https://dvv.fi/sv/faststallande-av-annan-konstillhorighet |
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Revision by Notdog1996. Date has been pushed back
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | Apr 3, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 |
| Sources | http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2002/20020563 https://seta.fi/arkistot/uutinen/ https://dvv.fi/sv/faststallande-av-annan-konstillhorighet | http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2002/20020563 https://seta.fi/arkistot/uutinen/ |
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Revision by Notdog1996. Corrected the date.
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| End Date | Feb 1, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 |
| Sources | http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2002/20020563 | http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2002/20020563 https://seta.fi/arkistot/uutinen/ https://dvv.fi/sv/faststallande-av-annan-konstillhorighet |
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Revision by Samanthos. New law passed
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|---|---|---|
| End Date | (NONE) | Feb 1, 2023 |
Revision by Samanthos. Replaced with gender-neutral speech
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | The authorities shall recognise a person as belonging to the opposite sex to that recorded on the population register, provided he/she: • Provides a medical report testifying that they permanently experience being a member of the opposite sex and that they live in the gender roles of those and that they have been sterilized or are otherwise incapable of having children • They are an adult • They are not married or in a registered partnership; unless the spouse or partner gives their consent in which case a marriage become a registered partnership and a registered partnership becomes a marriage • They are a Finnish citizen or is resident in Finland | The authorities shall recognise a person as belonging to the opposite sex to that recorded on the population register, provided they: • Provides a medical report testifying that they permanently experience being a member of the opposite sex and that they live in the gender roles of those and that they have been sterilized or are otherwise incapable of having children • They are an adult • They are not married or in a registered partnership; unless the spouse or partner gives their consent in which case a marriage become a registered partnership and a registered partnership becomes a marriage • They are a Finnish citizen or is resident in Finland |
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Revision by Samanthos. Updated the description to be gender-neutral
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Description | The authorities shall recognise a person as belonging to the opposite sex to that recorded on the population register, provided he/she: • Provides a medical report testifying that he/she permanently experiences being a member of the opposite sex and that he/she lives in that gender roles and that he/she has been sterilised or is otherwise incapable of having children • He/she is an adult • He/she is not married or in a registered partnership; unless the spouse or partner gives their consent in which case a marriage become a registered partnership and a registered partnership becomes a marriage • He/she is a Finnish citizen or is resident in Finland | The authorities shall recognise a person as belonging to the opposite sex to that recorded on the population register, provided he/she: • Provides a medical report testifying that they permanently experience being a member of the opposite sex and that they live in the gender roles of those and that they have been sterilized or are otherwise incapable of having children • They are an adult • They are not married or in a registered partnership; unless the spouse or partner gives their consent in which case a marriage become a registered partnership and a registered partnership becomes a marriage • They are a Finnish citizen or is resident in Finland |
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Reports (4)
- Newer law has been passed "A new law has passed that takes away the sterilization and surgery requirements, and its now self determination (sorry if i misspell) by 1st january 2023, source is Yle.fi"
- Newer law has been passed "Finland has passed a new law that takes away the demand for sterilization etc. "
- Status is not correct "Should be "Legal, but requires sterility."
The current law requires a proof of sterility for changing legal gender, but in pretty much all cases sterility is achieved through hormonal treatment, not surgery."
- Status is not correct "Finland doesn't require SURGERY. Being sterile due to HRT is considered enough"