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See also:	Other events of 2011 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened in 2011 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President – Tarja Halonen
• Prime Minister – Mari Kiviniemi, Jyrki Katainen

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.

Full date unknown

• TangaReef travel booking company is founded in Helsinki.

Deaths

• 11 February – Bo Carpelan, poet (b. 1926)
• 26 March – Yrjö Hietanen, sprint canoer (b. 1927).
• 27 May – Jukka Toivola, long-distance runner and chemist (b. 1949).
• 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 November – Hannu Haapalainen, ice hockey player (b. 1951)
• 8 November – Lauri Sutela, military officer (b. 1918)

References

1. "Värsta stormen på tio år" (in Swedish). HBL.fi. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
2. Arvonen, Päivi (August 17, 2012). "TangaReef offers divers a booking service and helps to save the seas". Enterprise Helsinki. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yrjö Hietanen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jukka Toivola". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sinikka Keskitalo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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