At the launch in the University Library in Helsinki, Ambassador Damir Kusen said that the dictionary would play an important role in strengthening cultural ties between the two countries.
The author of the book is Professor Rada Boric, a lecturer at the department for Slavic and Baltic languages at Helsinki University.
The event gathered members of the Finnish-Croatian Friendship Society, former Finnish Defence Minister Elizabeth Rehn, who had served as UN human rights rapporteur for former Yugoslavia, and other prominent political and cultural figures from Finland.