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''Suomen Luonto'' (meaning ''Nature of Finland'' in English) is Finland's largest
nature Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the Ecosphere (planetary), ecosphere or the universe as a whole. In this general sense nature refers to the Scientific law, laws, elements and phenomenon, phenomena of the physic ...
magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
. It is headquartered in
Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
. It is published by The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation. The magazine is a journalistically independent public magazine, the proceeds of which are used for the publisher's nature and environmental protection work. The magazine is published 10 times a year. Since 2016, the magazine's
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
has been Heikki Vasamies. ''Suomen Luonto'' deals with current topics in nature and environment and delivers both news and in-depth articles about Finnish nature and also international subjects. It contains English language abstracts. The magazine is also available in public libraries.


History and profile

''Suomen Luonto'' was established in 1941. It is published by Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto (The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation). It was first published as a yearbook, but in 1956 it changed to a magazine published four times a year. In the 1960s, environmental topics began to be included, and they were sometimes addressed in such a heated tone that, for example, forest professionals left the union. In 1971, the magazine became a subscription magazine, and was no longer part of the association's membership fee. By 2022 Suomen Luonno had 155,000 readers according to the National Media Research and its total reach, including digital, amounted to 193,000 people. The magazine's social media channels had a total of over 200,000 followers. Suomen Luonto won the Quality Magazine of the Year award in 2011. Suomen Luonno's articles have been awarded in Aikakausmedia's Edit competition for several years In 2020, the magazine had received, for example, the photo reportage award of the year, and the lifestyle story award of the year in 2017.. Since 2000, Lehti has organized the annual Vanity of the Year competition.


See also

List of magazines in Finland The first magazine in Finland, a Swedish-language women's magazine named ''Om Konsten at rätt behaga'', was published in 1782. The number of the Finnish magazines was about 1,200 in the 1980s. It increased to 4,275 in 1985. In the 1990s, the circu ...


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Official website
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