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Finnland-Institut [Finnland-Institut in Deutschland für Kultur, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft GmbH (gemeinnützig)]

Friedrichstr. 153 a (3rd floor)
10117 Berlin-Mitte

The Institute is fully accessible.

info@finstitut.de
Tel. +49 30 40 363 18 90

Opening hours

Finnland-Institut is open for visitors on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am to 7pm as well as by appointment. Our reception can also be reached by phone on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11am to 3pm.

The Institute is closed for German public holidays, on International Women’s Day 8 March, and on Finnish Independence Day 6 December.

In addition, we are closed for Ascension on 18 May as well as 19 May 2023.

Our team


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Mikko Fritze

Director, academic programme

mikko.fritze@finstitut.de | tel. +49 30 40 363 18 98

Mikko Fritze has been the director of the Finnland-Institut since June 2021. Born in Tampere to a German family, Mikko spent his childhood in Finland, where he attended the German School in Helsinki. He continued his education near Cologne and studied German language, paedagogy and biology at the University of Hamburg. Mikko has worked at the Goethe-Institut in five different countries, including as the director of the Goethe-Institut in Finland in 2010−2017 and as the director of the Goethe-Institut in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) in 2017−2021. Before that, he was the director of Foundation for Tallinn – European Capital of Culture in 2007−2010. Mikko Fritze and his wife Maria Fernanda Perinot de Fritze are the happy parents of three children.

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Suvi Wartiovaara

The director’s assistant, literature programme

suvi.wartiovaara@finstitut.de | tel. +49 30 40 363 18 93

Suvi Wartiovaara has been a part of Finnland-Institut’s team since 1993. She works as the director’s assistant and is also responsible for the literature programme. Born in Helsinki, Suvi studied to be a certificated translator in Savonlinna, and later, she also studied political science at the University of Helsinki. In the year 1992 she moved to Berlin, where she enjoys the open and colourful metropolitan feeling every single day. Suvi believes in culture to build bridges, and thus in the institute’s role in this mission.

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Mika Minetti

Culture programme

mika.minetti@finstitut.de | tel. +49 30 40 363 18 94

Mika Minetti has lived in Berlin since 2010 and studied at the Freie Universität Berlin during the 1990s. The Tampere native is co-founder of the Galerie Musterzimmer in Berlin and worked as a journalist, photographer and copywriter in Berlin and Helsinki before taking up his job at the Finnland-Institut. Minetti received his Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Helsinki (2000) and completed the Master's programme "Human Rights and Democratisation" at the University of Padua, receiving his European Master's degree (EMA) in 2002. He has published two books: "Hiekkalaatikkojengi" (2012) and "It Happened in Berlin: Art, Love & Fashion" (2017), an art book with personal insights into the intimate moments of Berlin's art world as well as its vibrant nightlife.

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Marion Holtkamp

Media and public relations

marion.holtkamp@finstitut.de | tel. +49 30 40 363 18 95

Marion Holtkamp is responsible for the work related to press and public relations at the Finnland-Institut. She got to know Finland as an au pair. Marion graduated from the University of Göttingen in the fields of Scandinavian and Finno-Ugrian studies. By a scholarship, she also attended Åbo Akademi-University in Finland. After several years at the University of Kiel, she joined the team of the recently founded Finnland-Institut. One of Marion’s passions, which also makes her enjoy working at the Institute, is its multilingualism.

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Gabriela Oprotkowitz

Financial management and administration

gabriela.oprotkowitz@finstitut.de | tel. +49 30 40 363 18 96

Gabriela Oprotkowitz holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and has worked at the Finnland-Institut since 2002 as financial and administrative manager. Gabriela is responsible for accounting, salary payments, and everything administration-related, and therefore gives the rest of the team the opportunity to focus on cultural work. She is a true original Berliner and loves to work in her home city. She has fond memories of the months spent at summer university in Mikkeli, Finland, during her studies.

Interns


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Sofia Lipponen

4.1.–30.6.2023

info@finstitut.de | tel. +49 30 40 363 18 90

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Pauliina Ojanen

4.1.–30.6.2023

studium@finstitut.de | Tel. +49 30 40 363 18 90

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Tiina Pitkäjärvi

1.10.2022–14.7.2023

kulturfonden@finstitut.de | Tel. +49 30 40 363 18 98

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