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10.04.2026

The Finnish Reading Center’s literacy work reaches millions of Finns each year

Most of the Finnish Reading Center’s programs have continued for years, even decades. The results of this sustained effort are reflected in the 2025 annual report and key figures.

Season’s Greetings from The Finnish Reading Center!

The Author Visit Service and all other activities at the Finnish Reading Center are on a holiday break from 15 December 2025 to 6 January 2026.

Book-gifting gets families reading

The Finnish Reading Center’s book bags distributed at maternal and child health care clinics support reading habits among all families equally and even out learning differences, according to a new impact survey.

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.