From January to February, consumer prices went up 0.6 percent.

"Inflation accelerated mainly due to risen rents of dwellings, and prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages," Statistics Finland said.

According to preliminary data on the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, which European statistics agency Eurostat measures slightly differently, Finland's inflation rate in February was 3.5 percent, compared to 2.4 percent for the eurozone.