2020 in Finland

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Events from the year 2020 in Finland

Incumbents

• President: Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister: Sanna Marin

Events

January

• January 27 - Following the developments of COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China, Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Hubei province.[1]
• January 28 - Finnair announced it would be suspending its five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.[2]
• January 29 - COVID-19 pandemic in Finland: 1st confirmed case. A 32-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan sought medical attention in Ivalo and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. She had travelled from Wuhan. She was quarantined at Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi.[3][4][5][6]
• January 30 - Finland's health officials estimated that up to 24 people may have been exposed to the virus.[7]

February

• February 5 - 3 of the 24 people suspected of being exposed have left Finland by this date, and 14 of the remaining 21 have been quarantined.[8]
• February 26 - Finland's health officials confirmed the second case, a Finnish woman, who made a trip to Milan and was back in Finland on 22 February, tested positive at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.[9]
• February 28 - a Finnish woman who had traveled to Northern Italy, tested positive by the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District and was advised to remain in home isolation.[10][11]

March

• March 13 - the remaining part of the 2019–20 Liiga season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[12]

August

• August 1 - Prime Minister Sanna Marin married his long-time partner Markus Räikkönen at Kesäranta.[13]

Births

Deaths

• 23 January – Kalevi Tuominen, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach and executive (b. 1927)[14]
• 30 January – Jörn Donner, writer, film director and politician (b. 1933)[15]
• 28 February – Stig-Göran Myntti, football and bandy player (b. 1925)[16]
• 5 March – Susanna Majuri, photographer (b. 1978)[17]
• 7 March – Karri Käyhkö, Olympic swimmer (b. 1937)[18]
• 11 March – Aarne Kainlauri, Olympic steeplechaser (b. 1915)[19]
• 12 March – Juha Harjula, Olympic basketball player (b. 1942)[20]
• 19 March – Max Engman, historian and translator (b. 1945)[21]
• 26 March – Olavi Borg, professor and politician, Liberal People's Party member of parliament 1972–1975 (b. 1935)[22]
• 4 April – Pertti Paasio, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1989–1991 (b. 1939)[23]
• 5 April – Pentti Linkola, writer, ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1932)[24]
• 12 April – Mikko Kaasalainen, mathematician (b. 1965)[25]
• 15 April – Vesa Törnroos, Olympic sports shooter (b. 1982)[26]
• 26 April – Kauko Juhantalo, Centre Party politician (b. 1942)[27]
• 8 May – Ritva Valkama, actress (b. 1932)[28]
• 9 May – Timo Honkela, computer scientist (b. 1962)[29]
• 9 May – Kari Karanko, diplomat (b. 1941)[30]
• 26 May – Johanna Ehrnrooth, painter (b. 1958)[31]
• 26 May – Jon Hellevig, lawyer and businessman (b. 1962)[32]
• 3 June – Veli Lehtelä, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1935)[33]
• 24 June – Gösta Ågren, poet (b. 1936)[34]
• 27 June – Arja Tuomarila, singer and continuity announcer (b. 1941)[35]
• 12 July – Jarno Sarkula, musician (Alamaailman Vasarat) (b. 1973)[36]
• 18 July – Jope Ruonansuu, actor, musician and stand-up comedian (b. 1964)[37]

References

1. "Finland issues China travel advisory over coronavirus concerns". Yle News. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
2. "Finnair suspends five weekly routes to China due to coronavirus". Yle News. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
3. "Nuori kiinalaisturisti eristetty Lapin keskussairaalassa koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
4. "Kiinalainen matkailija tuotu eristykseen Lapin keskussairaalaan koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
5. "Suomen ensimmäinen koronavirustartunta varmistui". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
6. "Finland's first coronavirus case confirmed in Lapland". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
7. "Up to 24 people in Finland possibly exposed to coronavirus symptom-free". Yle News. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
8. "Finland's first coronavirus patient released from hospital symptom-free". Yle News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
9. "Woman in Helsinki Tests Positive for Novel Coronavirus". Yle News. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
10. "New coronavirus infection confirmed in Helsinki". Yle Uutiset.
11. "New coronavirus infection confirmed in Helsinki". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
12. Liiga-kausi päättyy välittömästi – Suomen mestaruus jää jakamatta (in Finnish)
13. "Prime Minister Sanna Marin weds long-term partner". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
14. Suomalaisen urheiluvalmennuksen legenda Kalevi Tuominen on kuollut (in Finnish)
15. "Kirjailija, ohjaaja Jörn Donner on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
16. En guldgosse har gått bort – Stig-Göran Myntti har avlidit (in Swedish)
17. Valokuvataiteilija Susanna Majuri on kuollut (in Finnish)
18. Karri Käyhkö
19. Suru-uutinen: 104-vuotias olympiajuoksija Aarne Kainlauri on kuollut (in Finnish)
20. Olympialaisissa Suomea edustanut Juha Harjula on kuollut (in Finnish)
21. Max Engman in memoriam (in Finnish)
22. "Emeritusprofessori Olavi Borg on kuollut". Tampereen Korkeakouluyhteisö (in Finnish). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
23. Politician Pertti Paasio is dead
24. "Luonnonsuojelija Pentti Linkola on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). 5 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
25. Tampereen yliopiston matematiikan professori Mikko Kaasalainen on kuollut (in Finnish)
26. Vesa Törnroos on poissa (in Finnish)
27. "Entinen kansanedustaja Kauko Juhantalo on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
28. Näyttelijä Ritva Valkama on kuollut (in Finnish)
29. Kalajoelta lähtöisin ollut emeritusprofessori, tekoälytutkija Timo Honkela (1962-2020) on kuollut (in Finnish)
30. Kari Karanko 1941–2020 (in Finnish)
31. Kuvataiteilija Johanna Ehrnrooth on kuollut (in Finnish)
32. Lehti: Karita Mattilan uhkailusta tuomittu lakimies Jon Hellevig on kuollut Moskovassa (in Finnish)
33. Olympic hero Veli Lehtelä died at the age of 84 - lost his sight in the past: "I'm pretty sokee and the world pimee"
34. Gösta Ågren är död (in Swedish)
35. Televisiokuuluttaja Arja Tuomarila on kuollut (in Finnish)
36. Alamaailman Vasarat -yhtyeen perustaja Jarno ”Stakula” Sarkula on kuollut (in Finnish)
37. Taiteilija Jope Ruonansuu on kuollut (in Finnish)