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. 20 July – Aged 88, Mauno Koivisto becomes the oldest living President of Finland in the history of the nation, surpassing the record set by Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg. 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)
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