2020
Finland puts talk therapy first and uses hormones only in exceptional, centralized cases.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsRestricted
Restricted: COHERE recommends psychosocial support first; hormone treatment, where used, is centralized and exceptional.
COHERE Finland
Schools — curriculumCSE in schools
comprehensive sex education (CSE) in schools: Opetushallitus places gender and sexuality diversity in the national core curriculum (terveystieto).
Opetushallitus — Terveystieto perusopetuksessa
Key dates2020
2020: Restricted: COHERE recommends psychosocial support first; hormone treatment, where used, is centralized and exceptional.
COHERE Finland
Official sources
COHERE: psychosocial support first; hormones exceptional.
Full official record
COHERE Finland (PALKO/COIN) recommended psychosocial support as first-line care for minors with gender dysphoria. Opposite-sex hormones, where used, are centralized and exceptional.
The COHERE recommendation is the medical restriction. The core curriculum is the school instrument.
Schools detail
The Finnish National Agency for Education (Opetushallitus) states that treating gender and sexuality diversity in teaching belongs to the national core curriculum for basic education, including terveystieto (health education). The official FAQ records that those contents are compulsory, that a guardian’s permission is not required, and that a pupil cannot be excused from teaching on gender or sexuality diversity, sexual development, sexual health, or human reproduction. That is official CSE.