For a long time, Nepal remained a distant and unfamiliar kingdom to Finland. This started to change in the early decades of 19th century when Finnish newspapers began publishing articles about the mighty Himalayas, Gurkha soldiers and Buddha’s birthplace. Later on, Finnish Marshal Mannerheim embarked on a rare visit to the mystical Nepal in 1937, a country largely closed off to outsiders at the time. Marshal’s visit paved way to Finland’s first Ambassadorial visit from New Delhi and correspondingly, the courtesy visit of Nepalese King and Queen Shah to Helsinki took place in 1958, gradually laying the foundation for developing relations.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has sent out for comments a proposal for a new Decree of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Fees for Services Produced by the Foreign Service in 2025. It is proposed that several of the Foreign Ministry's services which are currently provided free of charge should be made chargeable.