Hunting exam in Finland:free practice with English explanations

The hunting test in Finland at a glance

• 60 multiple-choice questions: 15 species identification tasks and the rest written questions.
• The species identification part comes first and has at most 15 minutes.
• The whole exam takes at most 1.5 hours.
• You pass with 8 or fewer wrong answers (at least 52 points). 9 wrong answers means a fail.
• Unanswered questions count as wrong.
• The exam is taken electronically on your own device or, if needed, on paper.
• The fee is EUR 20 per attempt, paid before the exam online or in cash.

Sources: riista.fi and the Finnish Wildlife Agency's 2026 exam instructions (in Finnish).

Taking the exam in English: language, interpreter and registration

• Language: since 1 January 2026 the exam can be taken in Finnish, Swedish, English or Sami. You choose the language when you register.
• Interpreter: candidates who do not speak Finnish, Swedish or Sami may use an interpreter arranged by the game management association. The costs may be charged to the candidate.
• Advance registration is mandatory from 1 January 2026. Exam sessions are listed in the riista.fi event calendar (event type Metsästäjätutkinto).
• You can register with Oma riista credentials. Creating them requires a Finnish personal identity code and online banking credentials or a mobile certificate. If you cannot or do not want to use Oma riista, you can register through a link sent to your e-mail.
• ID: bring a passport, driving licence or other photo ID.
• Candidates with a verified reading disorder can take the exam orally.

Can you hunt in Finland without the exam?

Under the Act on the game management fee (616/1993), section 2, you must pass the exam before paying the game management fee. It does not apply to:

• people who paid the fee in any of the five preceding hunting years,
• Finnish citizens entitled to hunt under the Åland provisions,
• foreigners who are entitled to hunt in their home country.

If you do not pay the game management fee for five years in a row, the exam expires and you must take it again.

Topics in the exam

The questions are based on the eight topics of the official textbook, Metsästäjän opas (Hunter's Guide), also listed in Decree 1160/2014:

• Hunting legislation (metsästyslainsäädäntö)
• Species identification (lajintuntemus)
• Game management and game ecology (riistanhoito ja riistaekologia)
• Ethical and sustainable hunting (eettinen ja kestävä metsästys)
• Firearms and cartridges (aseet ja patruunat)
• Hunting safety (metsästyksen turvallisuus)
• Hunting equipment and methods (pyyntivälineet ja -menetelmät)
• Game handling (saaliin käsittely)

The Finnish Wildlife Agency also recommends an optional preparatory course after reading the guide. Ask your local game management association.

Free practice test: how to prepare with Prøveklar

• Free test: 10 questions, no account needed.
• Full training: questions in Finnish, each with an English translation of the question and answers, an explanation in Finnish and English and a quote from the rule it is based on.
• Exam simulation: 60 questions, 1.5 hours, at most 8 wrong to pass – like the real exam.

In the real exam, species identification uses pictures. In our practice, species questions are descriptive (features, tracks, calls). The questions are our own, written from Finnish laws, decrees and official materials. They are not the real exam questions, and no practice can guarantee that you pass.