Finnish Heart Association – Southern Finland Region
Welcome to the website of Sydänliitto (Finnish Heart Association) Southern Finland Region. Our organization operates in the areas of Uusimaa and Kymenlaakso, ranging from Hanko to Virolahti, and from Helsinki to Hyvinkää. Together with 25 local heart associations we offer information, support, and a variety of activities to people with heart disease and to everyone interested in health and well-being.
Feel free to contact us for any questions you might have about joining the activities or becoming a member! We answer the phone 040 556 9599 from Monday to Friday from 9 to 15.
On this page you will find:
- Happening in your area
- Peer support in English
- Lectures and events
- Welcome to Sydänpiste!
- Sydänpiste Tour
- Health counselling and measurements
- Arterial Disease Counselling Point
- Sydänliitto’s Courses
- Your local heart association
- Measuring blood pressure – instructions in your language
Happening in your area
Are you interested in expert lectures, events, trips or perhaps you would like to talk to a trained peer support person about your illness? Would you like to join a local sports group?
Find out more about the activities of Sydänliitto Southern Finland Region’s local heart associations on these pages and feel free to contact us. Each city has its own local heart association, which you can become a member of. You can find our contact details as well as the list of local associations here.
Join as a member
Peer support available in English
Illness often raises concerns and questions. Being diagnosed with a heart condition is not easy and dealing with it in Finnish can be overwhelming. If you or someone near you is suffering from a heart disease, support is available also in English.
Peer supporters know what it is like to live with a heart disease. They are trained volunteers who can encourage you by sharing their own experiences as they themselves have, or they have a loved one that has a heart disease. Peer supporters are there to listen and be by your side.
There is a search page for finding trained peer support persons in Finland. The page is in Finnish but with this link you will get a list of persons who serve in English.
Find peer support
If you feel like discussing your experiences, asking questions, or getting tips, you can also join the Foreign Hearts Finland group on Facebook. It is an English language support group for people living in Finland and having a heart disease or someone close to them who is suffering from one. The group is maintained by trained volunteers. It works in co-operation with the Finnish Heart Association Sydänliitto ry.
Health information through events and online lectures
Expert lectures and info sessions about heart disease, health and wellbeing, nutrition, and exercise are organized regularly, both in person and online. You are welcome to our health information events. However, most of our events are held in Finnish or Swedish. The dates are announced in the event calendar, which you can find here.
You can find recorded lectures here.
Welcome to Sydänpiste!
You can get information and support for heart health from Sydänpiste. We are located in the heart of Helsinki, in connection with the HUS Postitalo’s Heart Clinic (Elielinaukio 2 G, 1st floor).
We can provide information and counseling on:
- Peer support activities
- Self-care of heart disease and heart health
- Finnish Heart Association’s courses
- activities of local heart associations
- e-health services
Feel free to come and chat with us! You can visit Sydänpiste without an appointment within our opening hours.
We are open:
MONDAY TO THURSDAY at 9.00-14.30
You can also contact us by phone 050 513 3212 or by email sydanpiste@sydanliitto.fi
You can find more information in Finnish here.
Kiertävä Sydänpiste – Sydänpiste tour
Kiertävä Sydänpiste is a project of Sydänliitto Etelä-Suomen Alue ry for the years 2023-2025. It is financed by the Social and Health Organizations Assistance Center STEA. The project consists of Heart Day tours, nature gyms, heart groups and healthcare cooperation. Read more in Finnish on: https://sydan.fi/etelasuomi/kiertava-sydanpiste/.
Do you know how to measure your own blood pressure? Or do you know how to detect the most common cardiac arrythmia, atrial fibrillation? This spring the Heart Day tour will highlight the importance of measuring your blood pressure in order to prevent atrial fibrillation, heart failure and other severe heart conditions. We will guide on reliably taking your own pulse and measuring blood pressure, give information about common heart diseases and get you familiarized with local heart association’s activities. You can find the tour’s schedule from here: Sydänpäivä-kiertue – Sydänliitto Etelä-Suomen Alue ry (sydan.fi)
We also provide nature gyms and heart groups around the Uusimaa and Kymenlaakso regions. Nature gym is a fun way to exercise, utilizing natures own resources. Find your nearest nature gym: Katso lähin luontokuntosalisi – Sydänliitto Etelä-Suomen Alue ry (sydan.fi) And if you are in need of a peer support group, you can find them in here: https://sydan.fi/etelasuomi/artikkeli/sydanryhma/
Health counselling and measurements
Health measuring events are organized regularly. Our nurses will measure your cholesterol, blood sugar, hemoglobin and blood pressure. Nurses can also teach you how to take your own pulse correctly, and how to detect possible arrhythmia.
You will get the results of the measurements as well as your nurse’s health counselling immediately. Measurements cost between 2-39 euros, depending on what is being measured. Members of hearth associations pay a discounted rate. You can find information about the measuring days in our events calendar.
Find more information in Finnish here.
Information and support from the Arterial Disease Counselling Point (Valtimotautien neuvontapiste)
The nurses will travel around Helsinki again in October-November 2024. The stops are residential buildings and service centers near you.
At Arterial Disease Counselling Points you can get personal counselling on self-care for circulatory (heart and blood vessels) diseases and diabetes, information on peer support and the activities of heart and diabetes associations. Depending on individual needs, you can also get cholesterol and blood sugar measurements, as well as guidance on self-measurement of blood pressure. Visiting the counselling point is free of charge. The events are organized with the help of the city of Helsinki and is open to everyone.
Organized in cooperation with the Diabetes Association of the Capital Region and local heart associations.
Fall 2024:
Our nurses are available at these times in these locations between 10 and 14:
| Date | Place | Adress |
| 22.10. | Kannelmäen palvelukeskus | Urkupillintie 4 |
| 23.10. | Kampin palvelukeskus | Salomonkatu 21 B |
| 24.10. | Malmin Nova | Malminkaari 13-19 |
| 28.10. | Maunulatalo | Metsäpurontie 4 |
| 29.10. | Kinaporin palvelukeskus | Kinaporinkatu 7-9 A |
| 30.10. | Asukastalo Ankkuri | Paasivaarankatu 6 |
| 31.10. | Asukastalo Kulkuri | Rastilanpolku 1 |
| 4.11. | Myllypuron kirjasto | Kiviparintie 2 |
| 5.11. | Stoan kirjasto | Turunlinnantie 1 |
| 6.11. | Syystien palvelukeskus | Takaniitynkuja 3 |
Finnish Heart Association’s courses
Do you need more information, skills and knowledge or practical tips for self-care? Heart Association’s courses increase knowledge, skills, and mental endurance. They alleviate disease-related fear and anxiety. Courses are organized in Finnish.
CoursesGet to know the activities of your local Heart Association
Local Heart Associations organize many different activities! There are sports groups (e.g. water sports, gym), clubs, excursions, cultural trips (to Finland and abroad) and events. Check the activities of the association in your area in the association’s own website (in Finnish), or see all events in our area in the event calendar.
Event calendarMeasuring Blood pressure
High blood pressure is very common: one in two Finns has elevated blood pressure, while only one in five has ideal blood pressure. Although high blood pressure may seem harmless, it is important to be careful. When blood pressure is taken care of in time, the serious harm caused by it can be effectively prevented. On this page you will find instruction videos on how to measure blood pressure at home. Videos are available in 12 languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, Ukranian, Estonian, Somali, Arabic, Farsi, Spanish, Kurdish and Cantonese.
Blood pressure in your language