2011 in Finland

The following lists events that happened in 2011 in Finland.

← 2010 2009 2008 2011 in Finland → 2012 2013 2014
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2011 Timeline of Finnish history

Incumbents

• President – Tarja Halonen
• Prime Minister – Mari Kiviniemi, Jyrki Katainen

Events

• 17 April – 2011 Finnish parliamentary election
• 15 May – Finland wins the IIHF world Championship for the second time since 1995
• 16 October – the 2011 Ålandic legislative election
• 26 December – Tapani was dubbed the worst storm in Finland in 10 years.[1]

Deaths

Harri Holkeri

• 11 February – Bo Carpelan, poet (b. 1926)
• 26 March – Yrjö Hietanen, sprint canoer (b. 1927).[2]
• 27 May – Jukka Toivola, long-distance runner and chemist (b. 1949).[3]
• 12 June – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, writer and translator (b. 1947)
• 5 July – Mika Myllylä, cross country skier (b. 1969)
• 7 August – Harri Holkeri, statesman, Prime Minister of Finland 1987–1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000–2001 (b. 1937)
• 25 October – Sinikka Keskitalo, long-distance runner (b. 1951).[4]
• 5 November – Hannu Haapalainen, ice hockey player (b. 1951)
• 8 November – Lauri Sutela, military officer (b. 1918)

References

1. "Värsta stormen på tio år" (in Swedish). HBL.fi. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yrjö Hietanen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jukka Toivola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sinikka Keskitalo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.