2011 in Finland

The following lists events that happened in 2011 in Finland.

Incumbents

 * President – Tarja Halonen
 * Prime Minister – Mari Kiviniemi, Jyrki Katainen

Events

 * 17 April – 2011 Finnish parliamentary election
 * 15 May – Finland wins the IIHF world Championship for the second time since 1995
 * 16 October – the 2011 Ålandic legislative election
 * 26 December – Tapani was dubbed the worst storm in Finland in 10 years.

Full date unknown

 * TangaReef travel booking company is founded in Helsinki.

Deaths



 * 11 February – Bo Carpelan, poet (b. 1926)
 * 26 March – Yrjö Hietanen, sprint canoer (b. 1927).
 * 27 May – Jukka Toivola, long-distance runner and chemist (b. 1949).
 * 12 June – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, writer and translator (b. 1947)
 * 5 July – Mika Myllylä, cross country skier (b. 1969)
 * 7 August – Harri Holkeri, statesman, Prime Minister of Finland 1987–1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000–2001 (b. 1937)
 * 25 October – Sinikka Keskitalo, long-distance runner (b. 1951).
 * 5 November – Hannu Haapalainen, ice hockey player (b. 1951)
 * 8 November – Lauri Sutela, military officer (b. 1918)