2011 in Finland

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See also:	Other events of 2011 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened in 2011 in Finland.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 17 April – Finnish parliamentary election, 2011
• 16 October – the Ålandic legislative election, 2011
• 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

Years in Finland
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