2024 in Finland

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

• 28 January – 2024 Finnish presidential election
• 11 February – Alexander Stubb is elected President of Finland with 51.6% of the vote.
• 1 March – Alexander Stubb takes office as the 13th President of Finland.
• 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.
• 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.

Holidays

Source:

• 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