The city of Helsinki is officially bilingual, with both Finnish and Swedish as official languages. In 2023, the majority of the population, , spoke Finnish as their mother tongue. There were Swedish speakers, or of the population. The number of people who speak Sámi, Finland's third official language, is only inhabitants. In Helsinki, of the population speak a mother tongue other than Finnish or Swedish. As English and Swedish are compulsory school subjects, functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired through language studies is not uncommon.
the city of helsinki is officially bilingual with both finnish and swedish as official languages in 2023 the majority of the population  spoke finnish as their mother tongue there were swedish speakers or of the population the number of people who speak sámi finland's third official language is only inhabitants in helsinki of the population speak a mother tongue other than finnish or swedish as english and swedish are compulsory school subjects functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired through language studies is not uncommon