2026 in Finland
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Events
January
- 1 January – Police arrest two people suspected of damaging a submarine telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland that runs between Finland and Estonia.[1][2]
March
- 6 March – Finland boycotts the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy in protest over Russian athletes being allowed to compete under the Russian flag after the lifting of sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[3]
- 29 March – Two Ukrainian drones stray into Finnish airspace and crash near Kouvola. One of them is destroyed in a controlled detonation by Finnish authorities.[4]
Predicted and scheduled events
- TBA – 2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship in Bulgaria, Finland, Italy and Romania[5][6]
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 5 April – Easter Sunday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – May Day
- 14 May – Ascension Day
- 24 May – Whit Sunday
- 20 June – Midsummer Day
- 31 October – All Saints' Day
- 6 December – Independence Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 2 January – Ritva Auvinen, 93, opera singer.[9]
- 15 January – Pertti Voutilainen, 85, banker and businessman.[10]
- 20 January – Arvo Siikamäki, 82, sculptor.[11]
- 5 February – Pentti Lindegren, 86, ice hockey player (HIFK, AIK IF) and commentator.[12]
