Säätörintama

Säätörintama is a Finnish term used in political and public discourse to describe a coordinated front of regulatory action. The word combines säätä, from säätää “to regulate or adjust,” with rintama “front” or “line,” and is used metaphorically rather than as a formal policy category.

The term characterizes efforts that cross policy areas and governmental levels, aiming to advance regulatory reform or tightening through aligned measures, communication, and execution by authorities, legislators, and stakeholders. Säätörintama is most often invoked in discussions about governance, economic regulation, consumer protection, environment, data governance, and other areas where rules are updated or expanded.

In Finnish media and academia it is used to analyze how governments construct legitimacy for regulation by presenting a united front or a coherent regulatory agenda. Critics may view the concept as signaling overreach or as a rhetorical device to bundle disparate regulatory initiatives.

The term is contemporary and its usage has grown with expanding regulatory agendas in Finnish public discourse.

See also: regulation, public policy, governance.