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
Hungary recognized Finland on August 23, 1920. Finland recognized Hungary on September 10, 1920.
World War II
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.
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
Finland has an embassy in Budapest. The current Finnish ambassador to Hungary is Jari Vilén[7]
Hungary has an embassy in Helsinki. The current Hungarian ambassador to Finland is H.E. Klára Breuer[8]
^Fay, Sidney B. (1944). "Russo-Finnish Relations". Current History. 6 (33): 385–390. ISSN 0011-3530.
^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)
^Ruprecht Antal: Magyar önkéntesek a Téli háborúban – Unkarilaiset Vapaaehtoiset Talvisodassa; Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum, Budapest, 2003. pp. 9–11.
^Ruprecht Antal: Magyar önkéntesek a Téli háborúban – Unkarilaiset Vapaaehtoiset Talvisodassa; Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum, Budapest, 2003. pp. 9–11., 23–25., 91.
^"Unkari: Suomi ja Unkari: Diplomaattisuhteiden historia". Suomi ulkomailla (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^"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.
^"New Ambassador from Hungary to Finland". Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
External links
Finish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Hungary
Hungarian embassy in Helsinki Archived 2009-04-03 at the Wayback Machine