2009 in Finland

The following lists events that happened in 2009 in Finland.

Incumbents

 * President – Tarja Halonen
 * Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen
 * Speaker – Sauli Niinistö

Events

 * 7 June – 2009 European Parliament election in Finland
 * 31 December – the Sello mall shooting

Deaths



 * 1 January – Aarne Arvonen, supercentenarian, oldest living male person in Finland (b. 1897)
 * 10 January – Pauli Salonen, Nordic combined skier (b. 1916).
 * 23 February – August Kiuru, cross country skier (b. 1922)
 * 15 May – Helvi Sipilä, diplomat, lawyer, politician and promoter of women's rights (b. 1915)
 * 21 May – Christer Boucht, lawyer, adventure traveller and writer (b. 1911)
 * 13 July – Uma Aaltonen, journalist and politician (b. 1940)
 * 25 August – Mirja Lehtonen, cross country skier (b. 1942).