2025 in Finland
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Events in the year 2025 in Finland.
Incumbents
- President: Alexander Stubb
- Prime Minister: Petteri Orpo
- Parliament: 2023–2027 Eduskunta/Riksdag
- Speaker of the Parliament: Jussi Halla-aho
Events
March
- 14 March – Yan Petrovsky, a Russian national and former commander of the far-right Russian nationalist paramilitary Rusich Group who was arrested in Finland in 2023, is sentenced by a court in Helsinki to life imprisonment for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
April
May
- 8 May – An F/A-18 Hornet of the Finnish Air Force crashes during a rehearsal for an airshow near Rovaniemi Airport. The pilot ejects and is rescued.[2]
- 17 May –
- Two Robinson R44 civilian helicopters collide mid-air and crash in a forested area while en route from Tallinn to Piikajärvi Airfield near Eura, Satakunta. All five occupants of both helicopters, including Estonian businessmen Oleg Sõnajalg and Priit Jaagant, are killed.[3]
- Finland's Erika Vikman finishes in 11th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Ich Komme".[4]
June
- 19 June – The Parliament of Finland votes 157–8 to withdraw Finland from the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines.[5]
July
- 3 July – Multiple people are injured in a knife attack near a shopping centre in Tampere. A suspect is arrested.[6]
- 15 July – A law barring Russian and Belarusian nationals from buying property in Finland on national security grounds comes into effect.[7]
August
- 19 August – Incumbent SDP MP Eemeli Peltonen dies from suicide inside the Parliament House in Helsinki [8]
Predicted and scheduled events
- 27 August–14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland[9][10][11]
Deaths
- 8 February – Yrjö Kukkapuro, interior architect and furniture designer[12]
- 13 August – Klaus Wirzenius, musician[13]
- 19 August – Eemeli Peltonen, MP (since 2023)[14]
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – May Day
- 29 May – Ascension Day
- 8 June – Whit Sunday
- 21 June – Midsummer Day
- 1 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
References
- ^ "Finnish court convicts Russian man for war crimes in Ukraine". Al Jazeera. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Finnish fighter jet crashes in Arctic town, pilot ejected". France 24. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "No survivors in Finland crash of two helicopters that took off from Tallinn". Eesti Rahvusringhääling. May 17, 2025. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025: Austria wins with last-minute vote, as the UK comes 19th". BBC. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "MPs approve Finland's withdrawal from Ottawa landmine treaty". Yle. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Finnish media says several people have been stabbed in the southern city of Tempere". BBC. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Finland bans Russians, Belarusians from buying property over security concerns". The Kyiv Independent. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Finnish MP Eemeli Peltonen found dead in Helsinki parliament in apparent suicide". Euronews. 2025-08-19. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
- ^ "Latvia, Cyprus and Finland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 hosts". 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Poland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 co-host". fiba.basketball. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Draw to determine early designation of FIBA EuroBasket 2025 groups held in Ljubljana". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies". AP News. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Tampereella hukkunut oli tunnettu muusikko". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ^ "Kansanedustaja Eemeli Peltonen on kuollut – Iltalehden mukaan kyseessä on itsemurha" [Member of Parliament Eemeli Peltonen has died – according to Iltalehti, it is a suicide]. Yle (in Finnish). 2025-08-19. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
- ^ "Finland Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "National holidays when banks are closed". Suomen Pankki. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
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