Viranomaisilla

Viranomaisilla is Finnish for the adessive plural form of the noun viranomainen (public authority) or viranomaiset (authorities). It refers to public authorities as a group and to situations involving or directed toward them. The word is a grammatical case form, not a separate concept.

In Finnish, viranomaiset denotes the public authorities, while viranomainen is the singular form. The adessive plural viranomaisilla typically means “on/at the authorities” or “with the authorities,” indicating location or association. The corresponding allative plural viranomaisille means “to the authorities.” These forms are common in legal, administrative, and governmental texts to refer to authorities as actors or addressees.

Viranomaisilla occurs frequently in contexts describing duties, powers, or procedures related to public authorities. For example, statements such as “Viranomaisilla on oikeus tehdä tarkastuksia” indicate that the authorities have the right to conduct inspections. In other sentences, actions may be described as directed toward the authorities, for instance “lisäselvityksiä voidaan toimittaa viranomaisille,” using the allative viranomaisille to mean “to the authorities.”

Usage notes are that viranomaisilla is not a standalone concept but a case form used to denote location or association with authorities. When referring to the authorities as the actors, the nominative viranomaiset or viranomainen is often more natural, while viranomaisille or viranomaisilla specify direction or relation. The term is common in official language and formal discourse.

See also: viranomainen, viranomaiset, viranomaisen toimielin, viranomaisvalvonta.