2024 in Finland
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Events in the year 2024 in Finland.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Sauli Niinistö (until 1 March); Alexander Stubb onwards
- Prime Minister: Petteri Orpo
- Parliament: 2023–2027 Eduskunta/Riksdag
- Speaker of the Parliament: Jussi Halla-aho
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 28 January – 2024 Finnish presidential election (first round): Former prime minister Alexander Stubb and former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto advance to the runoff vote.[1]
February
[edit]- 11 February – 2024 Finnish presidential election (second round): Alexander Stubb is elected President of Finland with 51.6% of the vote.[2]
March
[edit]- 1 March – Alexander Stubb takes office as the 13th President of Finland.[3]
April
[edit]- 2 April – Viertola school shooting; Three 12-year old children are shot, one of them fatally, in a school shooting in Vantaa. The suspect, who is also a 12-year old, is arrested.[4]
- 13–14 April – Evacuations are ordered in parts of Northern Ostrobothnia due to flooding caused by the spring thaw.[5]
- 26 April – Finns Party MP Timo Vornanen is arrested by police on suspicion of firing a gun inside a nightclub in Helsinki.[6]
June
[edit]- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: The Left Alliance and the National Coalition Party emerge as the largest parties in the Finnish contingent to the European Parliament.[7]
July
[edit]- 12 July – The Eduskunta votes 167-31 to approve a bill allowing the Finnish Border Guard to turn away third-country migrants trying to enter from Russia and reject their asylum applications on national security grounds.[8] The bill is signed into law by President Alexander Stubb on 16 July.[9]
- 26 July – Finland reports that a Russian Navy vessel from its Baltic Sea fleet trespassed on its territorial waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland.[10]
October
[edit]- 16 October – A World War II-era North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft crashes into a forest near Räyskälä Airfield, killing its two German pilots.[11]
November
[edit]- 3 November – The Tampere Lenin Museum, the last remaining museum outside Russia dedicated to the life of Vladimir Lenin, closes down.[12]
- 18 November – A section of the C-Lion1 submarine communications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is cut off the Swedish coast in what German authorities suspect as an act of sabotage.[13]
- 29 November – Biafran separatists declare the restoration of Biafra's independence in Lahti with plans to establish the United States of Biafra.[14] [15]
December
[edit]- 2 December – Two sections of a submarine communications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden are cut in what Swedish authorities suspect as an act of sabotage, affecting about 6,000 households in Finland.[16]
- 19 December – A bus and a minivan carrying tourists collides near Rovaniemi, killing two people.[17]
- 25 December – The submarine Estlink-2 power cable running under the Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia is cut, leading to suspicions that a vessel linked to Russia is responsible.[18]
Deaths
[edit]- Vieno Länsman, politician
- Heljä Liukko-Sundström, ceramic artist
- Marjorie (singer), singer
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - May Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 19 May - Whit Sunday
- 21 June – Midsummer Day
- 2 November - All Saints' Day
- 6 December – Independence Day
- 24 December - Christmas Eve
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- List of Finnish films of the 2020s
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "As it happened: Stubb and Haavisto head for second round run-off in Finnish presidential election". Yle. 2024-01-29. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Tässä on vaalien tulos: Alexander Stubb on Suomen uusi presidentti". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "New Finnish leader Alexander Stubb says it took 'final step' into Western community by joining NATO". AP News. 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ "Finland shooting: Child held after pupil aged 12 shot dead at school in Vantaa". BBC. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Residents evacuated as flood waters rise in western Finland". Yle. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Police arrest Finns Party MP over nightclub shooting". Yle. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "As it happened: No right wing wave in Finland as Left Alliance take record result in EU elections". Yle. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Finnish lawmakers approve controversial law to turn away migrants at border with Russia". Associated Press. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Finland Adopts Law Restricting Asylum Seekers on Russian Border". The Moscow Times. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Finland suspects Russian vessel of territorial violation". Reuters. July 26, 2024.
- ^ "2 German pilots killed when WWII-era airplane crashes after takeoff in southern Finland". Associated Press. October 17, 2024.
- ^ Fenbert, Abbey (4 November 2024). "Finland closes world's last Lenin museum outside Russia". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Germany suspects sabotage behind severed undersea cables". BBC. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Rubin, Michael (2024-12-01). "How Marco Rubio Can Save the State Department". 19FortyFive. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Ekpa not bailable, followers declare United States of Biafra in Finland". Punch Newspapers. 2024-11-29. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "Investigation under way after Finland-Sweden cables damaged". BBC. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Two dead after Lapland tourist bus crash in Finland". France 24. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ "Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea". Associated Press. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Finland Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "National holidays when banks are closed". Suomen Pankki. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
