2020 in Finland

Events from the year 2020 in Finland

Incumbents

 * President: Sauli Niinistö
 * Prime Minister: Sanna Marin
 * Speaker: Matti Vanhanen (until 9 June), Anu Vehviläinen (from 9 June)

January

 * January 27 – Following the developments of COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China, Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Hubei province.
 * January 28 – Finnair announced it would be suspending its five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.
 * January 29 – COVID-19 pandemic in Finland: 1st confirmed case. A 32-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan sought medical attention in Ivalo and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. She had travelled from Wuhan. She was quarantined at Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi.
 * January 30 – Finland's health officials estimated that up to 24 people may have been exposed to the virus.

February

 * February 5 – 3 of the 24 people suspected of being exposed have left Finland by this date, and 14 of the remaining 21 have been quarantined.
 * February 26 – Finland's health officials confirmed the second case, a Finnish woman, who made a trip to Milan and was back in Finland on 22 February, tested positive at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.
 * February 28 – a Finnish woman who had traveled to Northern Italy, tested positive by the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District and was advised to remain in home isolation.

March

 * March 6 – Blind Channel released their 3rd studio album "Violent Pop".


 * March 13 – the remaining part of the 2019–20 Liiga season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

August

 * August 1 - Prime Minister Sanna Marin married her long-time partner Markus Räikkönen at Kesäranta.

October

 * October 21 – The Vastaamo data breach case began with a then-unknown person or group (later revealed to be ex-Lizard Squad member Aleksanteri Kivimäki, also known as Julius Kivimäki ) releasing online some of the data on patients and their histories that they had acquired from the Vastaamo psychotherapy centre. Among the affected were politician Kirsi Piha.

December

 * 4 December – Three underage boys murdered a 16-year-old boy in an act of protracted violence in Helsinki.

Unknown date

 * The Finns Party decides to cut ties with Finns Party Youth due to the perceived ethno nationalist support.

January

 * 20 January – Reijo Kuistila, 88, Finnish Olympic equestrian.
 * 23 January – Kalevi Tuominen, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach and executive (b. 1927)
 * 30 January – Jörn Donner, writer, film director and politician (b. 1933)

February

 * 28 February – Stig-Göran Myntti, football and bandy player (b. 1925)

March

 * 5 March – Susanna Majuri, photographer (b. 1978)
 * 7 March – Karri Käyhkö, Olympic swimmer (b. 1937)
 * 11 March – Aarne Kainlauri, Olympic steeplechaser (b. 1915)
 * 12 March – Juha Harjula, Olympic basketball player (b. 1942)
 * 19 March – Max Engman, historian and translator (b. 1945)
 * 26 March – Olavi Borg, professor and politician, Liberal People's Party member of parliament 1972–1975 (b. 1935)

April

 * 4 April – Pertti Paasio, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1989–1991 (b. 1939)
 * 5 April – Pentti Linkola, writer, ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1932)
 * 12 April – Mikko Kaasalainen, mathematician (b. 1965)
 * 15 April – Vesa Törnroos, Olympic sports shooter (b. 1982)
 * 26 April – Kauko Juhantalo, Centre Party politician (b. 1942)

May

 * 8 May – Ritva Valkama, actress (b. 1932)
 * 9 May
 * Timo Honkela, computer scientist (b. 1962)
 * Kari Karanko, diplomat (b. 1941)
 * 26 May
 * Johanna Ehrnrooth, painter (b. 1958)
 * Jon Hellevig, lawyer and businessman (b. 1962)

June

 * 3 June – Veli Lehtelä, rower, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1935)
 * 24 June – Gösta Ågren, poet (b. 1936)
 * 27 June – Arja Tuomarila, singer and continuity announcer (b. 1941)

July

 * 12 July – Jarno Sarkula, musician (Alamaailman Vasarat) (b. 1973)
 * 18 July – Jope Ruonansuu, actor, musician and stand-up comedian (b. 1964)
 * 20 July – Mirja Jämes, 95, Finnish Olympic hurdler (1948).

August

 * 14 August – Kalevi Oikarainen, 84, Finnish cross-country skier, world champion (1970), Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
 * 25 August – Erik Allardt, 95, Finnish sociologist, Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University (1992–1994).
 * 28 August – Jan Klenberg, admiral, Chief of Defence 1990–1994 (b. 1931)

September

 * 8 September – Vexi Salmi, lyricist (b. 1942)

October

 * 16 October – Marjatta Väänänen, politician, Minister of Culture 1972–1975, Education 1976–1977 and Social Affairs and Health 1982–1983 (b. 1923)

November

 * 1 November – Tuomas Gerdt, military officer, last surviving Mannerheim Cross recipient (b. 1922)
 * 3 November – Matti Laakso, Olympic wrestler (b. 1939)
 * 5 November – Ossi Runne, trumpeter, orchestra leader and composer (b. 1927)
 * 6 November – Sakari Paasonen, Olympic shooter (b. 1935)
 * 14 November – Osmo Ala-Honkola, Olympic shooter (b. 1939)
 * 20 November – Hannu Lahtinen, Olympic wrestler (b. 1960)
 * 25 November – Paul Nyman, Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1929)

December

 * 11 December – Richard Tötterman, diplomat (b. 1926)
 * 14 December – Seppo Vainio, Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1937)
 * 28 December – Jyrki Heliskoski, football coach (b. 1945)
 * 31 December – Olli Lehto, mathematician (b. 1925)