Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Finnish: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos
Swedish: Institutet för hälsa och välfärd
Research and development institute overview
FormedJanuary 1, 2009 (2009-01-01)
Superseding agencies
JurisdictionFinland
HeadquartersHelsinki
60°12′04″N 24°53′53″E / 60.2010°N 24.8980°E / 60.2010; 24.8980
Employees935 person-years (2018)
Annual budget109 million € (2019)
Research and development institute executives
  • Markku Tervahauta, Director General
  • Pekka Rissanen, Assistant Director General, Knowledge and Data
  • Tuire Santamäki-Vuori, Director of Department (Welfare)
  • Terhi Kilpi, Director of Department (Public Health Solutions)
  • Mika Salminen, Director of Department (Health Security)
  • Anu Muuri, Director of Department (Health and Social Care Systems)
  • Anneli Pouta
  • Director of Department (Government Services)
Parent departmentMinistry of Social Affairs and Health
Websitewww.thl.fi

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL, Finnish: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, Swedish: Institutet för hälsa och välfärd; until 2019, National Institute for Health and Welfare) is a Finnish research and development institute operating under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.[1] THL was formed on 1 January 2009, with the merger of the National Public Health Institute of Finland (KTL) and the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health.[2] It is the biggest expert organisation under the ministry and its most important source of consultation regarding scientific knowledge.[3]

  1. ^ Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
  2. ^ Act on the National Institute for Health and Welfare 668/2008
  3. ^ THL home page
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