2011 in Finland

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Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s
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

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.

11 February – Bo Carpelan, poet (b. 1926)

26 March – Yrjö Hietanen, sprint canoer (b. 1927).

27 May – Jukka Toivola, long-distance runner and chemist (b. 1949).

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).

5 November – Hannu Haapalainen, ice hockey player (b. 1951)

8 November – Lauri Sutela, military officer (b. 1918)

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