Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
E365345
government agency
national social insurance institution
public institution
social security agency
welfare organization
The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) is a national government agency responsible for administering Finland’s social security benefits, including health insurance, pensions, and various income support programs for residents.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3511024 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) Context triple: [Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland, worksWith, Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)]
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A.
Swedish Social Insurance Agency
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency is the national authority responsible for administering Sweden’s social security benefits, including parental leave, sickness benefits, and pensions.
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B.
Ministry of Finance of Finland
The Ministry of Finance of Finland is the government department responsible for the country’s economic policy, public finances, budgeting, and financial administration.
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C.
Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare is a central government agency responsible for overseeing public health, social services, and healthcare standards in Sweden.
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D.
Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration
The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration is Norway’s national public agency responsible for administering social security, welfare benefits, and employment services to residents.
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E.
Finnish Immigration Service
The Finnish Immigration Service is the national authority responsible for processing immigration, asylum, and citizenship matters in Finland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) Target entity description: The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) is a national government agency responsible for administering Finland’s social security benefits, including health insurance, pensions, and various income support programs for residents.
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A.
Swedish Social Insurance Agency
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency is the national authority responsible for administering Sweden’s social security benefits, including parental leave, sickness benefits, and pensions.
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B.
Ministry of Finance of Finland
The Ministry of Finance of Finland is the government department responsible for the country’s economic policy, public finances, budgeting, and financial administration.
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C.
Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare is a central government agency responsible for overseeing public health, social services, and healthcare standards in Sweden.
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D.
Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration
The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration is Norway’s national public agency responsible for administering social security, welfare benefits, and employment services to residents.
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E.
Finnish Immigration Service
The Finnish Immigration Service is the national authority responsible for processing immigration, asylum, and citizenship matters in Finland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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national social insurance institution ⓘ public institution ⓘ social security agency ⓘ welfare organization ⓘ |
| beneficiaries |
certain non-resident insured persons
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residents of Finland ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| employerType | public sector ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Parliament of Finland ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
social insurance contributions
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state budget of Finland ⓘ |
| governanceStructure | board appointed by Parliament of Finland ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn | all regions of Finland ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Finland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Helsinki ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Finland ⓘ |
| legalForm | independent public-law institution ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Folkpensionsanstalten
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Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kansaneläkelaitos
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| officialLanguage |
Finnish
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Swedish ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Finnish government
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surface form:
Government of Finland
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| policyArea |
income redistribution
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public health ⓘ social welfare ⓘ |
| primaryRole | administration of social security benefits ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
basic unemployment benefits
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child benefits ⓘ disability benefits ⓘ guarantee pensions ⓘ housing allowances ⓘ minimum income support ⓘ national health insurance ⓘ parental allowances ⓘ rehabilitation benefits ⓘ sickness allowance ⓘ social assistance ⓘ student financial aid ⓘ |
| sector |
health insurance
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income support ⓘ social security ⓘ |
| shortName |
FPA
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Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kela
|
| supervisingAuthority | Parliament of Finland ⓘ |
| website | https://www.kela.fi/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) Description of subject: The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) is a national government agency responsible for administering Finland’s social security benefits, including health insurance, pensions, and various income support programs for residents.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland
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worksWith
→
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
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National Pensions Institute building, Helsinki
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hasClient
→
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
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this entity surface form:
National Pensions Institute of Finland
this entity surface form:
Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (Finland)
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oversees
→
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
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this entity surface form:
Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
→
nativeName
→
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Social Insurance Institution of Finland
this entity surface form:
Kansaneläkelaitos
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
→
shortName
→
Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Social Insurance Institution of Finland
this entity surface form:
Kela