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In a ruling issued in 1999 the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman Riitta-Leena Paunio said that Finnish public health institutions are not obliged to perform male circumcisions for non-medical reasons.
Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his [[penis]], but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Botched circumcisions send four boys to hospital in Kuopio
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinkinews08-21-01/
}}</ref>
The [https://www.lskl.fi/english/ Central Union for Child Welfare] in Finland issued a position statement on male [[circumcision ]] in 2003. The statement said "circumcision of boys that violates the personal integrity of the boys is not acceptable unless it is done for medical reasons to treat an illness."<ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Position Statement on the Circumcision of Boys
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/finland2003/
}}</ref>
A Muslim mother had been charged with assault after she had her four-year-old son [[circumcised]]. The trial court ruled that the [[circumcision ]] of the boy was illegal.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Court rules circumcision of four-year-old boy illegal
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/helsinginsanomat2006-08-07/
}}</ref>
The [https://www.perussuomalaiset.fi/kielisivu/in-english/ Finns Party] (''Perussuomalaiset'', or PS), formerly known as the True Finns, Finland's third largest political party, proposed banning non-medical [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision ]] in October 2012.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Finnish party plans new bill to ban circumcision
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/news50.html#finland-nolaw3