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Licence plates in Finland

Letters, dash, numbers

A white plate with a FIN band and the format ABC-123 is Finnish.

Format ABC-123 with a dash.
Blue EU band with FIN.
Shorter, squarer plates on older cars.

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10 photos, grouped by the clue they show.

Key clue ABC-123 format 10

Finland: ABC-123 format — Krokodyl, CC BY 2.5

Finland: ABC-123 format — 19petra, CC BY-SA 4.0

Finland: ABC-123 format — Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0

Finland: ABC-123 format — Walser.FL, CC0

Finland: ABC-123 format — Markus Säynevirta, CC BY-SA 4.0

Finland: ABC-123 format — Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0

Finland: ABC-123 format — Kotivalo, CC BY-SA 4.0

Finland: ABC-123 format — Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Finland: ABC-123 format — Dmitry G, Public domain

Finland: ABC-123 format — Sami Keinänen, CC BY-SA 2.0

Finland: what its plates look like

Finnish plates are white with the format ABC-123, with a dash between the letters and numbers.

On the left is the EU band with FIN.

Plates are issued nationally; Åland has its own plates.

Look-alikes: how to tell them apart

Finland vs Sweden

Sweden uses no dash and an S band.

Questions about plates in Finland

What do Finnish plates look like?

White with black characters in the format ABC-123 and a FIN band.

How do I tell Finnish plates from Swedish ones?

Look for the dash and FIN: Finnish plates have both, Swedish plates have neither.