2011 in Finland
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The following lists events that happened in 2011 in Finland.
Incumbents
Events
- 17 April – 2011 Finnish parliamentary election
- 15 May – Finland wins the IIHF world Championship for the second time since 1995
- 16 October – the 2011 Ålandic legislative election
- 26 December – Tapani was dubbed the worst storm in Finland in 10 years.[1]
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 11 February – Bo Carpelan, poet (b. 1926)
- 26 March – Yrjö Hietanen, sprint canoer (b. 1927).[3]
- 27 May – Jukka Toivola, long-distance runner and chemist (b. 1949).[4]
- 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]
- 5 November – Hannu Haapalainen, ice hockey player (b. 1951)
- 8 November – Lauri Sutela, military officer (b. 1918)