Finnish Olympic Committee

Finnish Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Finland
Code	FIN
Created	1907
Recognized	1907
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
President	Jan Vapaavuori
Secretary General	Taina Susiluoto
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi

The Finnish Olympic Committee (Finnish: Suomen Olympiakomitea ry; Swedish: Finlands Olympiska Kommitté rf) is the national Olympic committee in Finland for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[1]

The schools, colleges, universities and other establishments in the programme are organised into local clusters. For example:

• The Sotkamo High School works in collaboration with several other schools, colleges and universities as part of the Vuokatti-Ruka Sports Academy.^[2]
• The Joensuu Sports Academy is a co-operation network of schools, colleges and universities.^[3]
• The Urhea Metropolitan Sports Academy is based in Helsinki and includes the National Olympic Training Centre.^[4]

Others include the Kuortane High School and Sports Academy and the Pajulahti Sports Institute.