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2010 in Finland

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Decades:
  
1990s 2000s 2010s

See also:
  
Other events of 2010 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened in 2010 in Finland.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President – Tarja Halonen
  • Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen, Mari Kiviniemi

    • Events

  • 12-28 February – 95 athletes competed for Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics
  • 21 November to 2 December – the 10th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition took place in Helsinki

    • Deaths

  • 8 January – Tony Halme, politician and martial artist (b. 1963)
  • 8 January – Rolf Koskinen, orienteering competitor (b. 1939)
  • 27 February – Helge Herala, stage and film actor (b. 1922)
  • 30 April – Jorma Peltonen, ice hockey player (b. 1944)
  • 5 May – Harry Siljander, light-heavyweight boxer (b. 1922).
  • 31 May – Olli Laiho, gymnast (b. 1943).
  • 13 July – Pentti Linnosvuo, sport shooter (b. 1933).
  • 16 September – Erkki Ertama, composer and conductor (b. 1927)
  • 3 November – Pentti Uotinen, ski jumper (b. 1931)
  • 9 December – Thorvald Strömberg, sprint canoer (b. 1931).

    • References

    2010 in Finland Wikipedia
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