2020 in Finland
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Events from the year 2020 in Finland
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Sauli Niinistö
- Prime Minister: Sanna Marin
- Speaker: Matti Vanhanen (until 9 June), Anu Vehviläinen (from 9 June)
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 27 – Following the developments of COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China, Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Hubei province.[1]
- January 28 – Finnair announced it would be suspending its five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.[2]
- January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic in Finland: 1st confirmed case. A 32-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan sought medical attention in Ivalo and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. She had travelled from Wuhan. She was quarantined at Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi.[3][4][5][6]
- January 30 – Finland's health officials estimated that up to 24 people may have been exposed to the virus.[7]
February
[edit]- February 5 – 3 of the 24 people suspected of being exposed have left Finland by this date, and 14 of the remaining 21 have been quarantined.[8]
- February 26 – Finland's health officials confirmed the second case, a Finnish woman, who made a trip to Milan and was back in Finland on 22 February, tested positive at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.[9]
- February 28 – A Finnish woman who had traveled to Northern Italy, tested positive by the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District and was advised to remain in home isolation.[10][11]
March
[edit]- March 13 – the remaining part of the 2019–20 Liiga season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[12]
April
[edit]May
[edit]June
[edit]July
[edit]- July 17 – Finns Party political functionary Pekka Kataja was assaulted in his home by two unknown people posing as parcel delivery men. Kataja was beaten with a hammer or similar object approximately 20 times and suffered a fractured skull. The case was investigated by the police as an attempted murder, and remains unsolved as of 2025.[13]
August
[edit]- August 1 – Prime Minister Sanna Marin married her long-time partner Markus Räikkönen at Kesäranta.[14]
September
[edit]October
[edit]- October 21 – The Vastaamo data breach case began with a then-unknown person or group (later revealed to be ex-Lizard Squad member Aleksanteri Kivimäki, also known as Julius Kivimäki[15]) releasing online some of the data on patients and their histories that they had acquired from the Vastaamo psychotherapy centre. Among the affected were politician Kirsi Piha.[16][17]
November
[edit]December
[edit]- 4 December – Three underage boys murdered a 16-year-old boy in an act of protracted violence in Helsinki.[18]
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 20 January – Reijo Kuistila, 88, Finnish Olympic equestrian.[19]
- 23 January – Kalevi Tuominen, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach and executive (b. 1927)[20]
- 30 January – Jörn Donner, writer, film director and politician (b. 1933)[21]
February
[edit]- 28 February – Stig-Göran Myntti, football and bandy player (b. 1925)[22]
March
[edit]- 5 March – Susanna Majuri, photographer (b. 1978)[23]
- 7 March – Karri Käyhkö, Olympic swimmer (b. 1937)[24]
- 11 March – Aarne Kainlauri, Olympic steeplechaser (b. 1915)[25]
- 12 March – Juha Harjula, Olympic basketball player (b. 1942)[26]
- 19 March – Max Engman, historian and translator (b. 1945)[27]
- 26 March – Olavi Borg, professor and politician, Liberal People's Party member of parliament 1972–1975 (b. 1935)[28]
April
[edit]- 4 April – Pertti Paasio, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1989–1991 (b. 1939)[29]
- 5 April – Pentti Linkola, writer, ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1932)[30]
- 12 April – Mikko Kaasalainen, mathematician (b. 1965)[31]
- 15 April – Vesa Törnroos, Olympic sports shooter (b. 1982)[32]
- 26 April – Kauko Juhantalo, Centre Party politician (b. 1942)[33]
May
[edit]- 8 May – Ritva Valkama, actress (b. 1932)[34]
- 9 May
- Timo Honkela, computer scientist (b. 1962)[35]
- Kari Karanko, diplomat (b. 1941)[36]
- 26 May
- Johanna Ehrnrooth, painter (b. 1958)[37]
- Jon Hellevig, lawyer and businessman (b. 1962)[38]
June
[edit]- 3 June – Veli Lehtelä, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1935)
- 24 June – Gösta Ågren, poet (b. 1936)[39]
- 27 June – Arja Tuomarila, singer and continuity announcer (b. 1941)[40]
July
[edit]- 12 July – Jarno Sarkula, musician (Alamaailman Vasarat) (b. 1973)[41]
- 18 July – Jope Ruonansuu, actor, musician and stand-up comedian (b. 1964)[42]
- 20 July – Mirja Jämes, 95, Finnish Olympic hurdler (1948).[43]
August
[edit]- 14 August – Kalevi Oikarainen, 84, Finnish cross-country skier, world champion (1970), Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[44]
- 25 August – Erik Allardt, 95, Finnish sociologist, Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University (1992–1994).[45]
- 28 August – Jan Klenberg, admiral, Chief of Defence 1990–1994 (b. 1931)[46]
September
[edit]- 8 September – Vexi Salmi, lyricist (b. 1942)[47]
October
[edit]- 16 October – Marjatta Väänänen, politician, Minister of Culture 1972–1975, Education 1976–1977 and Social Affairs and Health 1982–1983 (b. 1923)[48]
November
[edit]- 1 November – Tuomas Gerdt, military officer, last surviving Mannerheim Cross recipient (b. 1922)[49]
- 3 November – Matti Laakso, Olympic wrestler (b. 1939)[50]
- 5 November – Ossi Runne, trumpeter, orchestra leader and composer (b. 1927)[51]
- 6 November – Sakari Paasonen, Olympic shooter (b. 1935)[52]
- 14 November – Osmo Ala-Honkola, Olympic shooter (b. 1939)[53]
- 20 November – Hannu Lahtinen, Olympic wrestler (b. 1960)[54]
- 25 November – Paul Nyman, Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1929)[55]
December
[edit]- 11 December – Richard Tötterman, diplomat (b. 1926)[56]
- 14 December – Seppo Vainio, Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1937)[57]
- 28 December – Jyrki Heliskoski, football coach (b. 1945)[58]
- 31 December – Olli Lehto, mathematician (b. 1925)[59]
References
[edit]- ^ "Finland issues China travel advisory over coronavirus concerns". Yle News. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Finnair suspends five weekly routes to China due to coronavirus". Yle News. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Nuori kiinalaisturisti eristetty Lapin keskussairaalassa koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Kiinalainen matkailija tuotu eristykseen Lapin keskussairaalaan koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Suomen ensimmäinen koronavirustartunta varmistui". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Finland's first coronavirus case confirmed in Lapland". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Up to 24 people in Finland possibly exposed to coronavirus symptom-free". Yle News. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Finland's first coronavirus patient released from hospital symptom-free". Yle News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Woman in Helsinki Tests Positive for Novel Coronavirus". Yle News. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "New coronavirus infection confirmed in Helsinki". Yle Uutiset. 28 February 2020.
- ^ "New coronavirus infection confirmed in Helsinki". Yle Uutiset. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ Liiga-kausi päättyy välittömästi – Suomen mestaruus jää jakamatta (in Finnish)
- ^ "KKO hylkäsi syytteen avunannosta Pekka Katajan murhan yritykseen – auton lainaus ja sormenjäljet paketissa eivät todista syyllisyyttä". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 21 August 2024. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ "Prime Minister Sanna Marin weds long-term partner". Yle Uutiset. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "Vastaamo-tietomurrosta epäilty Julius Kivimäki kyykytti USA:n ilmavoimia ja esiintyi peliyhtiön johtajana – hovioikeus alensi tuomiota". IS.fi. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "'Shocking' hack of psychotherapy records in Finland affects thousands". The Guardian. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ ""Onko herra Ransom mokannut?" Näin Vastaamon kiristäjä ilmestyi Tor-verkon foorumille, sai hakkerit peräänsä ja häipyi lähes tyhjin käsin". Yle.fi. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "16-year-old boy beaten to death by three of the same age in Helsinki". Foreigner. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Reijo Kuistila
- ^ Suomalaisen urheiluvalmennuksen legenda Kalevi Tuominen on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ "Kirjailija, ohjaaja Jörn Donner on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ En guldgosse har gått bort – Stig-Göran Myntti har avlidit (in Swedish)
- ^ Valokuvataiteilija Susanna Majuri on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Karri Käyhkö
- ^ Suru-uutinen: 104-vuotias olympiajuoksija Aarne Kainlauri on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Olympialaisissa Suomea edustanut Juha Harjula on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Max Engman in memoriam (in Finnish)
- ^ "Emeritusprofessori Olavi Borg on kuollut". Tampereen Korkeakouluyhteisö (in Finnish). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Politician Pertti Paasio is dead[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Luonnonsuojelija Pentti Linkola on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). 5 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Tampereen yliopiston matematiikan professori Mikko Kaasalainen on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Vesa Törnroos on poissa (in Finnish)
- ^ "Entinen kansanedustaja Kauko Juhantalo on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Näyttelijä Ritva Valkama on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Kalajoelta lähtöisin ollut emeritusprofessori, tekoälytutkija Timo Honkela (1962-2020) on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Kari Karanko 1941–2020 (in Finnish)
- ^ Kuvataiteilija Johanna Ehrnrooth on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Lehti: Karita Mattilan uhkailusta tuomittu lakimies Jon Hellevig on kuollut Moskovassa (in Finnish)
- ^ Gösta Ågren är död (in Swedish)
- ^ Televisiokuuluttaja Arja Tuomarila on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Alamaailman Vasarat -yhtyeen perustaja Jarno ”Stakula” Sarkula on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Taiteilija Jope Ruonansuu on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Mirja Jämes
- ^ Hiihdon maailmanmestari Kalevi ”Susi-Kalle” Oikarainen on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Kansainvälisesti tunnettu suomalainen sosiologi Erik Allardt on kuollut 95-vuotiaana (in Finnish)
- ^ Puolustusvoimain entinen komentaja, amiraali Jan Klenberg on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Folkkära sångtextförfattaren Vexi Salmi är död (in Swedish)
- ^ Keskustavaikuttaja, ministeri Marjatta Väänänen on kuollut – Seppo Kääriäinen: "Hän oli arvostettu poliitiikko ja taitava kirjoittaja" (in Finnish)
- ^ Viimeinen Mannerheim-ristin ritari Tuomas Gerdt on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Matti Laakso
- ^ Musikens "grand old man" Ossi Runne är död (in Finnish)
- ^ Sakari Paasonen
- ^ Osmo Ala-Honkola
- ^ Suru-uutinen: Painin maailmanmestari Hannu Lahtinen, 60, on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Paul Nyman
- ^ Richard Tötterman's death notice on Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish)
- ^ Seppo Vainio
- ^ Jalkapallovalmentaja Jyrki Heliskoski on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Akateemikko Olli Lehto on kuollut – hän tuli tunnetuksi erityisesti matemaattisten tieteiden edistäjänä (in Finnish)
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