How far has gender equality progressed in Finland? In the 2023 election, 46 percent representatives in the Parliament of Finland (in Finnish: eduskunta) were female. Finland is known for being the first country in Europe to grant women the right to vote and run for office, as well as the first to grant universal suffrage regardless of ethnicity or resources. These rights were adopted in 1906, the same year as the Parliament of Finland was established. The third female prime minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, was instated in December 2019. At that time, she was both the world's youngest current state leader as well as the youngest prime minister ever in Finland.

What percentage of the Parliament of Finland is female? In the 2023 election, 92 of the 200 elected representatives in the Parliament of Finland were female, which amounts to a share of 46 percent.

In 2023, nearly half of the chosen representatives were women. The official election day took place on April 2, 2023, resulting in a narrow victory of the National Coalition Party (NCP; Finnish: Kansallinen Kokoomus). The Finnish parliament (Eduskunta) consists of 200 representatives that are elected proportionally by ballot. The electoral period for the Finnish parliament is four years.

As of August 2023, all five Nordic countries had a share of around 45 percent of women on their parliaments. Iceland was the Nordic country with the highest share of women in the parliament, slightly edging Sweden and Finland at 46 percent. Denmark had the lowest share of female parliamentarians. Although there has generally been more male prime ministers than female prime ministers in the Nordic countries, in August 2023, two of five of the prime ministers were women.