The president also has some 200,000 euros to use for his own trips abroad as the country’s ambassador. The budget for official state visits and trade trips amounts to 2.9 million euros.

Finland’s first couple has three official residences, all rent-free. The main residence, Mäntyniemi, which has been president Tarja Halonen’s home for the past 12 years, will undergo minor repairs before Sauli Niinistö and Jenni Haukio move in to the house in Helsinki’s Meilahti district.

The president’s Kultaranta summer residence is located in Naantali just outside of Turku. This is also where the president’s Kultaranta VIII boat is docked. The presidential palace on the Market Square by Helsinki’s south harbour is mainly used for official state receptions.

Furniture, decorations, utilities and gardening are part of the perks of being president. The president’s 70-strong staff carries an annual cost to taxpayers of 16 million euros.

Sauli Niinistö will also have a new state car at his disposal, though he did not get to pick it out himself. The Mercedes Benz Guard was ordered before the election.

In total, the presidential office takes a 20 million euro bite out of the state budget, which works out to roughly 4 euros for every person in Finland.