Physical description
Size: 85,6 x 53,98 mm
Format: ID-1
Material: Polycarbonate
Colour: Pink
Distinctive features: Bilingual (Finnish/Swedish)
Security features
Micro text
- Location: Below the card title bar and at the bottom of the card
- Characteristics: Text “AJOKORTIKÖRKORTSUOMIFINLAND”
- Method of verification: Magnifying glass
Security pattern
- Location: Whole document
- Characteristics: Fine-lined security pattern and rainbow printing covering the entire background of the card
- Method of verification: Magnifying glass
Embossed pattern
- Location: In front of the card in the lower left corner and from the right edge of the EU flag to the left edge of the changing laser image
- Characteristics: Wavy pattern with positive relief embossing. At the bottom left of the face image one line is formed by the words "SUOMI FINLAND"
- Method of verification: Pattern visible when card is tilted and can be detected by touching with fingers. Text reading using a magnifying glass
Embossed pattern
- Location: Transversely on the reverse side of the card
- Characteristics: Wavy pattern with positive relief embossing where the top line consists of words "SUOMIFINLAND". In the middle of the card, the letters "FIN" are formed of words "SUOMIFINLAND"
- Method of verification: Pattern visible when card is tilted and can be detected by touching with fingers
Embossed pattern
- Location: On the front side's right edge
- Characteristics: Text "FIN" by negative relief embossing
- Method of verification: Pattern visible when card is tilted and can be detected by touching with fingers
Fluorescent printing
- Location: Front of card
- Characteristics: Blue and yellow UV printing. Stars of EU flag with yellow UV print. In the center of the card is the word "FIN" with yellow UV printing
- Method of verification: Using UV light
Fluorescent printing
- Location: Reverse side of card
- Characteristics: Blue and yellow UV printing. In the center of the card are the words "SUOMI FINLAND"
- Method of verification: Using UV light
Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
- Location: Reverse side of card
- Characteristics: Flying swan
- Method of verification: When card is tilted, the colour of the logo changes
Laser engraving
- Location: All personalized information on the card
- Characteristics: On front of card:
- Holder's date of birth in the left of the facial ID photo
- Traficom's logo in the upper-left corner of the holder's facial ID photo
- Driving licence (section 5 on the licence) number with raised engraving
- Licence number (section 5 on the licence) as a barcode
- Method of verification: Sections 1 -3 visible to the naked eye. Section 3 can be detected by touching with fingers. Section 4 using a barcode reader
Changeable laser image (CLI)
- Location: Bottom-right of front of card
- Characteristics: Licence holder's facial ID photo and date of birth change within the image
- Method of verification: Visible image changes when card is tilted
Diffractive optically-variable feature
- Location: Partially covering the bottom-right corner of the licence holder's facial ID photo on front of card
- Characteristics: Transparent pattern with a coat of arms of Finland in which the colour changes
- Method of verification: By tilting the card
Legend
- 1 Surname of the holder
- 2 Other name(s) of the holder
- 3 Date and place of birth
- 4a Date of issue of the licence
- 4b Date of expiry of the licence
- 4c Name of the issuing authority
- 5 Number of licence
- 6 Photograph of the holder
- 7 Signature of the holder
- 8 Permanent place of residence
- 9 category(ies) of vehicle(s) the holder is entitled to drive
- 10 Date of first issue of each category(ies)
- 11 Date of expiry of each category
- 12 Additional information/restriction(s)
Categories & Codes
Categories
For more information on the corresponding categories, please check the Commission decision on equivalence.
|
Category |
Period of validity* |
|---|---|
|
AM, A1, A2, A, BE |
Until 70: 15 years; above 65: 5 years |
|
B |
until 70: 15 years; above 65: 5 years |
|
C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE |
Until 70: 5 years; above 68: 2 years |
|
(T) |
Until 70: 15 years; above 65: 5 years |
*This refers to the administrative validity of the document and does not necessarily reflect the holder’s right to drive.
National categories
|
National category |
Description of national category |
|---|---|
|
T |
Agricultural and forestry tractors, motorised working machinery and snowmobiles, including vehicles towed by them. |
Codes
|
National codes |
Description |
Community codes |
|---|---|---|
|
103(n) |
Duplicate of the driving licence, serial number of the duplicate included in the code |
|
|
105 |
Exemption |
|
|
111 |
Alcohol interlock |
|
|
113 |
Alcohol interlock for health reasons. |
|
|
114 |
Conditional right to drive. Licence valid in Finland only. |
|
|
120 |
AM-class, moped |
AM (restricted to mopeds) |
|
121 |
AM-class, light quadricycles |
AM (restricted to light motorised quadricycles) |
|
131 |
Restricted right to drive in accordance with article 5, section 4 of the Finnish Driving Licence Act. |
Additional information
Right to drive a T-class vehicle is included in all other classes except in M/AM-class. Class T is not recorded on the driving licence if other vehicle classes that include T are already recorded. It may only be recorded on the driving licence if the licence holder has separately passed a class T driving test