Between 1959 and 1995, the Foreign Ministry of Finland published an annual volume of key foreign policy texts, Ulkopoliittisia lausuntoja ja asiakirjoja (Statements and Documents on Foreign Policy). This chapter uses the 1985 volume of the series to examine the official Finnish stance towards Namibia. The Namibian aspiration for independence was a major subject in international discourse in the 1980s and an important foreign policy issue for Finland. The international position of Finland in the 1980s, combined with the long history of Finnish-Namibian relations, international decolonisation consensus and the acceleration in calls for Namibian independence, all play a role in determining the perspective of Finnish viewpoints towards Namibia at this time. The findings highlight the importance of Namibia as a long-lasting partner of Finland and Finnish diplomatic efforts to support Namibia’s independence. The Namibian cause was also an opportunity for Finland to assert its own presence on the global stage. Namibia was used by the Finnish Foreign Ministry as an example of what it could achieve in the international arena. Finland advocated on behalf of the Namibian cause on a variety of international stages, thereby highlighting the importance of Namibian independence and, at the same time, emphasising Finnish actions through Nordic and UN executives.