Editing Soap opera (section)

===Finland===
[[File:Ismo Laitela (Esko Kovero - Salatut elämät 2018).png|thumb|[[Esko Kovero]] as Ismo Laitela in the TV series Salatut elämät]]
The Finnish soap opera, ''[[Salatut elämät]]'' (''Secret Lives''),  has achieved popularity in Finland since its 1999 debut on [[MTV3]]. It focuses on the lives of people along the imaginary Pihlajakatu street in [[Helsinki]]. The show has also spawned several Internet spin-off series and a film based on the show that was released in 2012 and the sequel film released in 2014.

Another Finnish soap opera, ''[[Rantabaari|''Rantabaari'']]'' (''The Beach bar''), started airing on [[MTV Sub]] in 2019. It focuses on the lives of the people working at the titular beach bar (later pizzeria) called Trissa, located in Taivallahti in [[Helsinki]], and their friends and family. Rantabaari is the sister series of Salatut elämät and features some characters who formerly appeared at Salatut elämät.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.fi/ohjelma/c8c7e020f6c6ed53e33a/rantabaari|title=Rantabaari|date=2024-07-19|language=fi}}</ref>

Other soap-like shows in Finland are YLE shows ''Uusi päivä'' (which has aired from 2010 to 2018) and ''Kotikatu'' (which ran from 1995 to 2012), however these programs did not adhere to a five-episode-a-week schedule.