Finland–Hungary relations

Bilateral relations

Finnish-Hungarian relations

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Embassy of Finland, Budapest| Embassy of Hungary, Helsinki

Finnish-Hungarian relations are the bilateral relations between Finland and Hungary. Both countries are members of the European Union, Council of Europe, NATO, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Both people’s language are part of the Finno-Ugric language family. In March 2023, Hungary fully approved Finland's application for NATO membership.[1] There is minor tension in Finno-Hungarian relations at the advent of the Russo-Ukrainian and the Russo-Georgian wars, as Finland places themselves as staunchly against Russia[2] in these conflicts, where as Hungary is far more neutral.[3]

## History

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Embassy of Hungary in Helsinki, foyer of the reception area with a wall carpet designed by András Gönci in 1999

### Before independence

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At the end of the 19th century the Finno-Ugric linguistic affinity became widely accepted after extensive public debate. In the First World War, particularly the Russian and Finnish Civil Wars, Hungary supported separatists, mainly Poland, but this included Finland to an extent.

### Independence

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Hungary recognized Finland on August 23, 1920. Finland recognized Hungary on September 10, 1920.

### World War II

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Urho Kekkonen visit in Hungary in 1963 Hungarian volunteers leaving Finland after the Winter War. The group was led by Captain Imre Kémeri Nagy. Seeing him off was Lieutenant General Oscar Enckell.

See also: Hungarian volunteers in the Winter War

When the Winter War broke out between Finland and the Soviet Union, many Hungarians felt great sympathy towards the Finns and wanted to help them.[4]

The Hungarian government officially did not support Finland, but secretly started searching for ways of helping.[5] In addition, non-governmental organisations began to organize support for Finland. Hungary helped Finland by giving monetary donations, armaments and military volunteers.

After losing the Continuation War, Finland discontinued diplomatic relations on September 20, 1944.[6]

### Post World War II

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Diplomatic relations were re-established on May 20, 1947. Finland has an embassy in Budapest and an honorary consulate in Pécs. Hungary has an embassy in Helsinki and 4 honorary consulates (in Turku, Mariehamn, Tampere and Joensuu). Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.

## Resident diplomatic missions

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* Finland has an embassy in Budapest. The current Finnish ambassador to Hungary is Jari Vilén[7]Embassy of Hungary in Helsinki
* Hungary has an embassy in Helsinki. The current Hungarian ambassador to Finland is H.E. Klára Breuer[8]

Finnish Embassy in Budapest

## See also

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* Foreign relations of Finland
* Foreign relations of Hungary
* Hungarians in Finland

## References

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1. ^ "Hungarian parliament approves Finland's bid to join NATO". The Associated Press. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023 - via The Seattle Times.
2. ^ Fay, Sidney B. (1944). "Russo-Finnish Relations". Current History. 6 (33): 385–390\. ISSN 0011-3530.
3. ^ Austin, Moira Fagan, Laura Clancy, Sneha Gubbala and Sarah (2023-10-02). "Poles and Hungarians Differ Over Views of Russia and the U.S." Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project. Retrieved 2024-02-01.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. ^ Ruprecht Antal: Magyar önkéntesek a Téli háborúban – Unkarilaiset Vapaaehtoiset Talvisodassa; Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum, Budapest, 2003. pp. 9–11.
5. ^ Ruprecht Antal: Magyar önkéntesek a Téli háborúban – Unkarilaiset Vapaaehtoiset Talvisodassa; Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum, Budapest, 2003. pp. 9–11., 23–25., 91.
6. ^ "Unkari: Suomi ja Unkari: Diplomaattisuhteiden historia". Suomi ulkomailla (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
7. ^ "Speaker Series | 19 June | Jari Vilén (Finland's Ambassador for Barents and Northern Dimension): Security in Europe: The View from Finland". www.europeamerica.de. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
8. ^ "New Ambassador from Hungary to Finland". Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

## External links

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* Finish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Hungary
* Hungarian embassy in Helsinki Archived 2009-04-03 at the Wayback Machine

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