2003 in Finland
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- President: Tarja Halonen[1]
- Prime Minister: Anneli Jäätteenmäki (until 23 June); Matti Vanhanen onwards[2]
- Speaker: Anneli Jäätteenmäki (until 23 March); Paavo Lipponen onwards
Events
- 15 April: Parliament of Finland elects Anneli Jäätteenmäki as the nation's first woman Prime Minister.[3]
- 16 April: The Helsingin Sanomat reports that in late March, a RITEG-beacon was disassembled by thieves in Kurgolovo, Russia, who dumped the highly radioactive nuclear material into the Gulf of Finland, 100 km south of Finland.[4]
- 10 May: The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland. A man who had been visiting Toronto is now being treated at Turku University Hospital.[5]
- 23 May: A Russian nuclear energy company founded a branch to promote its bid for Finland's new nuclear power plant. Competing bids have been submitted by French-German company Framatome and General Electric. Finnish power company TVO will make its selection in the autumn at the earliest, but by the end of the year at the latest.[6]
- 1 August: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health plans to propose an amendment to Finnish tobacco legislation which would make retail sales of tobacco products subject to a license.[7]
- 23 August: Power outage happens all of Southern Finland for 30 to 60 minutes, because one underground line in Central Helsinki short circuits. The lack of electricity begins at 20:20 and causes radio broadcasts, public lights, elevators, trains, trams and metro traffic to stop. Also people have to be evacuated in Linnanmäki amusement park.[8]
Deaths
Further information: Category:2003 deaths and Deaths in 2003
- 10 January: Ensio Siilasvuo, 81, general[9]
- 16 February: Teemu Raimoranta, 25, metal musician
- 10 April: Aatos Fred, 85, chess player, two-time Finnish Chess Championship winner (1947, 1955).
- 14 April: Jyrki Otila, 61, quiz show judge and member of the European Parliament.
- 27 April: Juha Tiainen, 47, hammer thrower and Olympic champion
- 16 June: Georg Henrik von Wright, 87, philosopher, professor and writer.[10]
- 2 July: Erkki Mallenius, 75, amateur boxer and Olympic medalist.[11]
- 16 August: Gösta Sundqvist, 46, musician and radio personality
- 11 September: Antti Nurmesniemi, 76, designer.[12]
- 13 September: Kaino Lempinen, 82, gymnast and Olympic medalist.[13]
- 10 October: Eila Hiltunen, 80, sculptor.
- 24 October: Veikko Hakulinen, 78, cross-country skier, triple Olympic- and world champion, traffic collision.[14]
- 29 November: Jan-Magnus Jansson, 81, politician. chairman of the Swedish People's Party of Finland.[15]
- 8 December: Pekka Siitoin, 59, satanist, occultist and neo-Nazi
- 16 December: Veikko Sinisalo, 77, actor.
References
- ↑ "Tarja Halonen". Council of Women World Leaders. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ↑ "Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen resigns". France24. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ↑ "Finnish female duo in top jobs". 2003-04-15. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Untitled Document". ww2.yle.fi. Archived from the original on 2005-03-15. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "CNN.com - Country breakdown: Probable cases of SARS - May. 27, 2003". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Latest Power Generation News and Insights". Power Engineering. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Finland". Helsinki-hs.net. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ↑ "HS Verkkoliite - Tuoreet - Kaupunki". www.helsinginsanomat.fi. Archived from the original on 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ Yrjölä, Vesa. "Sinibaretti-lehti/Summary for the New Year". www.sinibarettiliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 2004-08-11. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ Hacker, P. M. S. (2003-07-04). "Georg Henrik von Wright". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Erkki Mallenius". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Nurmesniemi, Antti 1927-2003 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Kaino Lempinen". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Veikko Hakulinen". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "Jan-Magnus Jansson (1922-2003)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
