# Posti Group > Finnish national postal company **Wikidata**: [Q843453](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q843453) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posti_Group) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/posti-group ## Summary Posti Group is the Finnish national postal company. It is a business and enterprise operating as a postal service responsible for the transport and delivery of mail in Finland, with historical and corporate inceptions recorded in 1638 and 1994. ## Key Facts - Official name (Wikidata title): Posti Group; Wikidata description: "Finnish national postal company". - Aliases: Itella; Itella Oyj; Suomen Posti; Suomen Posti Oyj; Posti Group (Finland). - Website: https://www.posti.fi/ - Inception dates recorded for the entity: 1638-09-06 and 1994 (1994-00-00). - Classification: business (organization undertaking commercial, industrial, or professional activity). - Classification: enterprise — an organizational unit producing goods or services and benefiting from a degree of autonomy in decision-making. - Industry classification: postal service — a company or government agency in charge of transporting and delivering mail. - Related activity: mail — the system for transporting documents and other small packages (industry ). - Location / Origin: Helsinki (capital and most populous city of Finland) and Finland (country in Northern Europe). - Posti Group sitelink_count: 27. - Related concept sitelink counts: business (138); enterprise (52); postal service (5); mail (96). - Located in / Origin details: Helsinki (inception 1550-06-12; sitelink_count 291); Finland (inception 1917-12-06; sitelink_count 399). - Owned / Operated by: Finnish Government (described as the executive body that directs the politics of Finland); Finnish Government inception +1918-01-01T00:00:00Z; Finnish Government country: Q33; Finnish Government headquarters: ; Finnish Government sitelink_count 23. - Preceded / Succeeded by: Åland Post (postal service of the Åland Islands), Åland Post inception +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z; Åland Post country: Q33; Åland Post headquarters: ; Åland Post sitelink_count 8. ## FAQs - What is Posti Group? Posti Group is the Finnish national postal company and a business enterprise classified in the postal service industry, responsible for the transport and delivery of mail. - Where is Posti Group based? Posti Group is located in Helsinki, the capital and most populous city of Finland, and is identified as originating in Finland. - When was Posti Group founded? Two inception dates are recorded for the entity: 1638-09-06 and a corporate inception recorded in 1994. - Who owns or operates Posti Group? The company is owned and/or operated by the Finnish Government, which is the executive body that directs the politics of Finland. - What other names has Posti Group used? Posti Group has been known by several aliases including Itella, Itella Oyj, Suomen Posti, and Suomen Posti Oyj. - How is Posti Group classified in industry databases? It is classified as a business and enterprise operating in the postal service industry, dealing with mail (the system for transporting documents and small packages). - How is Posti Group related to Åland Post? Åland Post is listed as a preceded/succeeded entity associated with Posti Group; Åland Post is the postal service of the Åland Islands with its own inception date in 1993. - Where can I find official information from Posti Group? Official information is available on the company's website: https://www.posti.fi/ ## Why It Matters Posti Group matters because it is the national postal company of Finland, forming the formal infrastructure for transporting and delivering mail across the country. As a postal service enterprise, it performs the core function described for postal services: managing the movement and delivery of documents and small packages (mail). Its long documented history, with an early inception date in 1638 and a corporate inception noted in 1994, places it among longstanding national institutions in Finland’s communications and logistics landscape. The entity’s ownership and operational ties with the Finnish Government underline its public importance and its role within national governance structures for essential services. Because mail and postal services underpin personal communication, commerce, and administrative functions, Posti Group’s operations are central to both everyday life and economic activity in Finland. ## Notable For - Being identified as the Finnish national postal company (Wikidata description). - Historical continuity indicated by an inception date of 1638-09-06. - Having a corporate/modern inception recorded in 1994. - Multiple well-known aliases used in different contexts: Itella, Itella Oyj, Suomen Posti, Suomen Posti Oyj. - Location in Helsinki, the capital and most populous city of Finland. - Direct ownership/operation association with the Finnish Government, the executive body that directs Finnish politics. - An explicit predecessor/successor relationship with Åland Post, the postal service of the Åland Islands. - Presence across knowledge bases as indicated by a sitelink_count of 27 (Posti Group), and related concept sitelink counts for business, enterprise, postal service, and mail. ## Body ### Overview - Posti Group is recorded in knowledge sources as the Finnish national postal company. - It is classified as a business and as an enterprise producing goods or services with a degree of autonomy. - The entity operates within the postal service industry, which is defined as companies or government agencies in charge of transporting and delivering mail. - The activity it is associated with is mail, defined as the system for transporting documents and other small packages. ### Names and Identifiers - The entity is documented under the Wikidata title "Posti Group" and the Wikidata description "Finnish national postal company." - Recorded aliases include: Itella; Itella Oyj; Suomen Posti; Suomen Posti Oyj; and Posti Group (Finland). - Official website is https://www.posti.fi/. - The Posti Group item has a sitelink_count of 27 in the data provided. ### Inception and Historical Notes - Two inception values are recorded for the entity: 1638-09-06 and 1994 (1994-00-00). - The 1638 date indicates an early historical origin in the context of postal services. - The 1994 date represents a corporate-level inception associated with the modern organizational form. ### Location and Jurisdiction - Posti Group is located in Helsinki. The provided material identifies Helsinki as the capital and most populous city of Finland; Helsinki has an inception date of 1550-06-12 and a sitelink_count of 291. - The country of origin and operation is Finland, which is described as a country in Northern Europe with an inception date of 1917-12-06 and a sitelink_count of 399. - The contextual data for Helsinki includes historical country affiliations listed in the source (Sweden; Russian Empire; Finland) as part of Helsinki’s record, which situates Posti Group geographically and historically within Finland’s capital region. ### Ownership and Governance - The entity is owned and/or operated by the Finnish Government. The Finnish Government is described as the executive body that directs the politics of Finland. - The Finnish Government record includes an inception date of +1918-01-01T00:00:00Z, is associated with country Q33, has a headquarters identifier , and a sitelink_count of 23. - This ownership/operation linkage places Posti Group within the sphere of a nationally governed essential service. ### Industry Classification and Activities - Posti Group is categorized in the postal service industry. The postal service role is explicitly to transport and deliver mail. - The related activity of mail is defined as the system for transporting documents and other small packages, linking Posti Group to fundamental mail and parcel-handling functions. - The postal service concept has a sitelink_count of 5 and is associated with industry identifier in the provided data. ### Related Entities - Åland Post is listed as a preceded/succeeded entity relative to Posti Group. Åland Post is identified as the postal service of the Åland Islands, with an inception date of +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z, country Q33, headquarters , and a sitelink_count of 8. - The relationship indicates an administrative or organizational linkage between Posti Group and the separate postal administration that serves the Åland Islands. ### Data and Knowledge Graph Context - Posti Group’s entry aggregates classifications and relationships typical of organizational knowledge graph entries: business class (sitelink_count 138), enterprise (sitelink_count 52), postal service (sitelink_count 5), and mail (sitelink_count 96). - The collection of sitelink counts across Posti Group and related concepts indicates the breadth of linkages in knowledge bases. ### External Reference Points - Official online presence is through the site https://www.posti.fi/. - The compiled data includes Wikidata-style structured properties such as inception dates, aliases, ownership, and sitelink counts, which serve as identifiers and cross-references in public knowledge systems. ### Summary of Structured Properties (as recorded) - aliases: Itella; Itella Oyj; Suomen Posti; Suomen Posti Oyj; Posti Group (Finland). - website: https://www.posti.fi/ - inception: 1638-09-06; 1994-00-00. - sitelink_count: 27. - wikipedia_title: Posti Group. - wikidata_description: Finnish national postal company. This entry compiles all provided facts and relationships for Posti Group from the supplied source material without addition or inference beyond the recorded data. ## References 1. GRID Release 2017-05-22 2. [Source](https://www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/posti-group-oyj?rid=231418115347-05) 3. KANTO 4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013 5. [Source](http://km.aifb.kit.edu/services/crunchbase/) 6. YouTube API 7. Name Suggestion Index