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2009 in Finland

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1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

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Other events of 2009 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened in 2009 in Finland.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President – Tarja Halonen
  • Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen

    • Events

  • 31 December – the Sello mall shooting

    • Deaths

  • 1 January – Aarne Arvonen, supercentenarian, oldest living male person in Finland (b. 1897)
  • 10 January – Pauli Salonen, Nordic combined skier (b. 1916).
  • 23 February – August Kiuru, cross country skier (b. 1922)
  • 15 May – Helvi Sipilä, diplomat, lawyer, politician and promoter of women's rights (b. 1915)
  • 21 May – Christer Boucht, lawyer, adventure traveller and writer (b. 1911)
  • 13 July – Uma Aaltonen, journalist and politician (b. 1940)
  • 25 August – Mirja Lehtonen, cross country skier (b. 1942).

    • References

    2009 in Finland Wikipedia
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