2006 in Finland

Events from the year 2006 in Finland.

Incumbents

 * President: Tarja Halonen
 * Prime Minister: Matti Vanhanen
 * Speaker: Paavo Lipponen

Events

 * January 1: Municipalities of Rovaniemi and Rovaniemen maalaiskunta united.
 * January 15: The first round of the 2006 presidential election.
 * January 29: Tarja Halonen selected as the president on the second round of the 2006 presidential election. She occupied the position from 2006 to 2012.
 * March 16: Translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince published at midnight.
 * March 29: Partial solar eclipse.
 * May 1: Rioting in Helsinki after EuroMayDay demonstrations at the VR warehouses.
 * May 5: One of the two VR warehouses burned down in an apparent arson attack only a few days before their demolition was to begin.
 * May 20: Lordi wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.
 * May 26: A crowd of 90,000 celebrates the victory of Eurovision Song Contest 2006 at the Market Square, Helsinki.
 * May 29: An arsonist burns the roof of the Porvoo Cathedral causing massive damage to the building.
 * May 31: Double murderer Antti Taskinen is sentenced to life in prison.
 * July 1: Finland receives the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
 * July 25: Jarno Mäkinen, a Finnish UNTSO observer killed in an Israeli attack during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
 * October 22: Gordon B. Hinckley dedicates the Helsinki Finland Temple.

Sports

 * Winter Olympic Games held in Turin, Italy:
 * February 26: Finland wins silver after losing to Sweden in the ice hockey.

Deaths

 * January 5: Ilpo Hakasalo, radio journalist
 * January 16: Ville-Veikko Salminen, actor
 * January 25: Matti Tuominen, actor
 * February 10: Kari K. Laurla, heraldist
 * February 23: Mauri Favén, painter
 * April 18: Anna Hagman, the oldest living person in Finland at the time
 * April 19: Tuure Salo, politician
 * April 24: Erik Bergman, composer, academician
 * April 25: Tabe Slioor, socialite, celebrity journalist
 * May 1: Rauno Lehtinen, conductor, composer
 * May 3: Nandor Mikola, painter
 * May 25: Kari S. Tikka, professor of finance, murdered
 * June 4: Jorma Palo, emeritus professor
 * July 8: Kari Kontio, author
 * July 12: Kari Mannerla, board and card game designer
 * July 12: Jorma Pilkevaara, basketball player
 * July 14: Alice Kaira, painter
 * July 16: Aulis Virtanen, sports editor
 * July 17: Paavo Einiö
 * July 17: Paula Björkqvist, politician, killed by her husband
 * July 18: Ilmari Aarre-Ahtio, actor
 * July 20: Risto Karlsson, journalist and author
 * August 13: Elina Karjalainen, author
 * August 15: Jorma Weneskoski, Jazz musician and manager
 * August 19: Jarkko Laine, author
 * September 8: Jaakko Pöyry, the founder of Pöyry oyj
 * November 24: Juice Leskinen, singer and songwriter