Events in the year 2024 in Finland. Incumbents
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 January 28 January – 2024 Finnish presidential election (first round): Former prime minister Alexander Stubb and former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto advance to the runoff vote.
February 11 February – 2024 Finnish presidential election (second round): Alexander Stubb is elected President of Finland with 51.6% of the vote.
March 1 March – Alexander Stubb takes office as the 13th President of Finland.
April 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. 13–14 April – Evacuations are ordered in parts of Northern Ostrobothnia due to flooding caused by the spring thaw. 26 April – Finns Party MP Timo Vornanen is arrested by police on suspicion of firing a gun inside a nightclub in Helsinki.
June 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.
July 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. The bill is signed into law by President Alexander Stubb on 16 July. 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.
October 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.
November 3 November – The Tampere Lenin Museum, the last remaining museum outside Russia dedicated to the life of Vladimir Lenin, closes down. 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. 29 November – Biafran separatists declare the restoration of Biafra's independence in Lahti with plans to establish the United States of Biafra.
December 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. 19 December – A bus and a minivan carrying tourists collides near Rovaniemi, killing two people. 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.
Deaths
Vieno Länsman, politician Heljä Liukko-Sundström, ceramic artist Marjorie (singer), singer
Holidays
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
List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Finnish films of the 2020s
See also 2024 in the European Union 2024 in Europe
References
External links Online calendar