Finnish Hunters' Association

The Finnish Hunters' Association (Finnish: Suomen Metsästäjäliitto) is Finland's largest voluntary association of hunters, consisting of over 2,500 hunting clubs and over 150,000 members. The association was founded in 1921,[2] and today consists of 16 district organizations. Its headquarters are located in Riihimäki. It is a member of the European hunters association FACE[3] as well as the National Defence Training Association of Finland.

Finnish Hunters' Association
Suomen Metsästäjäliitto
HeadquartersRiihimäki
Executive director
Jaakko Silpola[1]
Websitemetsastajaliitto.fi

A member magazine called Jahti–Jakt is published by the association four times a year. The magazine is distributed to all members of the association, but it is also possible to subscribe for the magazine without being a member.

The goal of the association is to promote the interests of Finnish hunters and hunting club activities. This includes:

  • Involvement in forming domestic and international hunting policies.
  • Providing training and educational material for hunters.
  • Organize youth camps and other youth activities.
  • Maintain responsibility for Finnish hunting oriented shooting competitions (such as moose biathlon) and promote shooting ranges.
  • Promotes Finnish hunting culture, for example by the founding of the Finnish Hunting Museum - Suomen Metsästysmuseo (founded in 1930).[4][5]
  • Publish hunting literature.

The association has received grants from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.[6]

Shooting sport disciplines

The Finnish Hunters' Association hosts competition shooting in the following disciplines:

See also

References
  1. "Edunvalvonnan vahva vaikuttaja". Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. Metsästyksen puolesta vuodesta 1921 (English: In favor of hunting since 1921) | metsastajaliitto.fi
  3. FACE | Finnish Hunters’ Association
  4. Suomen Metsästysmuseo (English: The Hunting Museum of Finland, Svensk: Finlands Jaktmuseum)
  5. Museot.fi - The Hunting Museum of Finland
  6. "Liikuntaa edistävien järjestöjen yleisavustus" (PDF). Opetus- ja kulttuuriminiseriö. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. Metsästyshirvi ja Metsästysluodikko | Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri
  8. Compak Sporting | Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri
  9. Kansainvälinen kilpailuammunta | Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri
  10. Ilmaluodikko ja ilmahirvi | Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri
  11. Hirvenhiihdon ja Hirvenjuoksun tiedotteita | Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri
  12. Metsästyshaulikko ja Metsästystrap | Suomen Metsästäjäliiton Varsinais-Suomen piiri
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