Finnish News Agency (, STT; , FNB), officially Oy Suomen Tietotoimisto – Finska Notisbyrån Ab, is a Finnish

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, established in 1887 and based 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 ...

. STT's majority owner is Sanoma Media Finland of the

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Group. The Finnish public service broadcaster

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is among the minority shareholders. STT is a sister agency of the Swedish wire service TT, Norwegian NTB, and Danish

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Suomen Tietotoimisto STT
News agencies based in Finland Mass media in Helsinki 1882 establishments in Finland Mass media companies established in 1882 21st-century Finnish politicians {{Finland-company-stub