European Health Insurance Card

If you are in Europe on vacation or business trip time from your employer or to attend school or seek a job, you should obtain a European Health Insurance Card from Kela personal contact.
By presenting the card, you can receive medical treatment during a temporary stay in another EU / EEA country or Switzerland. Citizens of other EU / EEA or Switzerland are entitled to have a European health insurance, medical treatment during his visit to Finland.


The EHIC is available to any person covered by health insurance in Finland. You can load your card by phone or by filling out the application form (SV 193sr in Finnish), you can print from Kela's website or get in an office of Kela.

The card is valid for two years and is automatically renewed. TSE Kela Questions Finnish and Swedish. Note that the EHIC is not a substitute for KELA card.

 complete information
http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/english.nsf/NET/090604144919EH