The Honorary Consulate of Finland in Skopje is a volunteer-run office that assists Finnish citizens in North Macedonia; passport and visa applications go to the Finnish Embassy in Belgrade (accredited to North Macedonia).
Contact Details
| Address | Aleksandar Makedonski 12, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Telephone | +389 2 3109 185 |
| svetozar.janevski@m6.mk | |
| Head of Mission | Svetozar Janevski, Honorary Consul |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Skopje
The honorary consulate represents Finland in North Macedonia. According to the list of honorary consuls of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (1 October 2026), the honorary consul is Svetozar Janevski. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +389 2 3109 185 or e-mail svetozar.janevski@m6.mk.
The office is in the capital, Skopje, about 16 km in a straight line from Skopje International Airport.
Citizens of Finland do not need a visa for North Macedonia and may enter with a valid passport or national identity card, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. North Macedonia is not part of the Schengen area and applies its own visa rules.
Which Finnish office issues passports and visas?
Passports and other formal consular services for Finnish citizens are handled by the Finnish Embassy in Belgrade (accredited to North Macedonia).
Finland has no embassy in North Macedonia. According to the Diplomatic List of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (16 October 2026), the Embassy of Finland in Belgrade (Serbia) is accredited to North Macedonia: Birčaninova 29, 11000 Belgrade; tel. +381 11 3065 400; e-mail sanomat.beo@gov.fi. The ambassador is Niklas Lindqvist (credentials presented on 21 November 2023).
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Finland and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Finnish citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Skopje
56 other countries are represented in Skopje, among them: France (embassy), Georgia (honorary), Germany (embassy), Greece (embassy), Guinea (honorary), Hungary (embassy), Iceland (honorary), Indonesia (honorary), Israel (honorary), Italy (embassy), Japan (embassy), Kazakhstan (embassy), Kosovo (embassy), Latvia (honorary), Lithuania (embassy), Lithuania (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Mexico (honorary), Moldova (honorary), South Korea (honorary). The full list of all 57 missions is on the overview page for North Macedonia.
Closing days
North Macedonia has eleven public holidays for all citizens, among them Orthodox Christmas (7 January), the first day of Ramadan Bayram, Orthodox Easter Monday, Ilinden (2 August) and Independence Day (8 September); when one falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is off.
Emergency assistance
In North Macedonia, dial 192 for the police, 194 for an ambulance and 193 for the fire brigade (Government of Canada travel information). North Macedonian citizens who need help in Finland can contact the hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (08:00–22:00, +389 75 273 732, globalsos@mfa.gov.mk).
Finnish missions in North Macedonia
- Belgrade – Embassy of Finland (responsible for North Macedonia, no resident embassy in North Macedonia)
- Skopje – Honorary Consulate (this page)
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Details checked on 19 October 2026. Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Honorary Consuls (1 October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Diplomatic List (16 October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia – Do you need a visa? / Visa requirements for entering the Republic of North Macedonia, Ministry of Economy and Labour – Programme of non-working days for 2026 (Law on Holidays, Official Gazette 21/98, 18/07), Government of Canada – embassies and consulates: North Macedonia (local emergency services).
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