2021 in Finland
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Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
- July 6, 2021 - Lapland recorded its highest temperature in over a century.[1]
- 13–14 August, 2021 Finns Party leadership election was won by Riikka Purra
Deaths
January
- 13 January
- Pave Maijanen, rock musician (b. 1950)[2][3]
- Sinikka Nopola, writer and journalist (b. 1953)[4]
- 14 January – Yrjö Rantanen, 70, Finnish chess grandmaster.[5]
- 16 January – Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish musician (Hurriganes, Dingo), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[6]
- 22 January
- 27 January – Tiina Rinne, actress (b. 1929)[9]
February
- 12 February – Paavo Pystynen, 89, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1964).[10]
- 14 February – Finn Knutsen, 88, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1989).[11]
- 16 February – Heikki Laurila, studio musician (b. 1934)[12][13]
- 17 February – Jyrki Yrttiaho, 68, Finnish politician, MP (2007–2015).[14]
March
- 5 March – Aulis Sipponen, 92, Finnish Olympic skier (1952).[15]
- 8 March – Risto Aaltonen, 81, Finnish actor (Leikkikalugangsteri, Crime and Punishment, Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle).[16]
- 13 March – Pentti Lasanen, jazz musician (b. 1936)[17][18]
- 17 March – Kristian Gullichsen, 88, Finnish architect.[19]