Suomen Kennelliitto - Finska Kennelklubben ry. (SKL-FKK) is a Finnish kennel club and a member of the

Fédération Cynologique Internationale The (; FCI; ) is the largest international federation of national kennel clubs and purebred registries. The FCI is based in Thuin, Belgium and has 98 members and contract partners (one from each country). History The FCI was founded in 1911 un ...

, an international federation of kennel clubs. It is known in English as the Finnish Kennel Club. Founded in 1889, Suomen Kennelliitto is the oldest dog association in

Scandinavia Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...

. It has more than 120,000 members and serves as a head organization for approximately 1,700 hobby and hunting clubs. It also publishes ''Koiramme'' (''Our Dogs'') magazine, and registers all

purebred Purebreds are cultivars of an animal species achieved through the process of selective breeding. When the lineage of a purebred animal is recorded, that animal is said to be pedigreed. Purebreds breed true-to-type, which means the progeny of l ...

dogs in Finland.

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* Fédération Cynologique Internationale Kennel clubs Clubs and societies in Finland {{Finland-org-stub