The ISO 3166-2 codes for Finland cover 6 provinces. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code FI for Finland, the second part is two-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.

Decoding list

FI-AL Åland Islands fi:Ahvenanmaan Maakunta sv:Ålands län 
FI-ES Southern Finland fi:Etelä-Suomen lääni sv:Södra Finlands län  
FI-IS Eastern Finland fi:Itä-Suomen lääni  sv:Östra Finlands län 
FI-LL Lapland fi:Lapin lääni  sv:Laplands län 
FI-LS Western Finland fi:Länsi-Suomen lääni  sv:Västra Finlands län  
FI-OL Oulu fi:Oulun lääni  sv:Uleåborgs län

See also

  • ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes.
  • ISO 3166-1, the reference table for all country codes, as used for domain names on the internet.

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