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06.06.2025

25 Years of Pan-European Action for Literacy

EURead celebrates 25 years of championing reading promotion and literacy across Europe in Brussels. Finland’s literacy work is represented in the network by the Finnish Reading Center.

Over half a million euros paid for authors – the Finnish Reading Center is growing and making a difference

In 2024, the Finnish Reading Centre grew financially, operationally and geographically.

Read Aloud initiative is supporting multilingual children’s literacy in their native languages

We celebrate the Multilingual Month 21 February – 21 March. With materials provided by the Finnish Reading Center, professionals working with multilingual families can encourage parents to read aloud to their children.

10 Facts About Reading in Finland 2024

This information package by the Finnish Reading Centre is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the literacy situation in Finland. It is a compilation of over 50 different studies, statistics and reports concerning the literacy development of Finnish people and their reading habits.

10 facts about reading in Finland

Multilingual Literacy Report

This report provides information and guidance for the development of public and private services to support the literacy of speakers of all languages.

10 facts about global literacy

While the number of illiterate people in the world continues to decline, there are still approximately 773 million people in the world who cannot read.

Magazines

The Finnish Reading Center publishes two online literary magazines, Kiiltomato and Lukufiilis.

Reading Week

Reading Week is an annual nationwide literacy theme week organised by the Finnish Reading Center. Reading Week highlights the importance of reading and literacy on a broad spectrum in society and for the individual. During Reading Week, current information about literacy, both domestically and globally, is published. Perspectives on literature and reading are also offered, and people of all ages are encouraged to grab a book for themselves.

The Finnish Reading Center promotes reading, literacy and literature.