2024 in Finland

Events in the year 2024 in Finland.

Incumbents

 * President: Sauli Niinistö (until 1 March); Alexander Stubb onwards
 * Prime Minister: Petteri Orpo
 * Parliament: 2023–2027 Eduskunta/Riksdag
 * Speaker of the Parliament:  Jussi Halla-aho

Events

 * 28 January – 2024 Finnish presidential election (first round)
 * 11 February – 2024 Finnish presidential election (second round): Alexander Stubb is elected President of Finland with 51.6% of the vote.
 * 1 March – Alexander Stubb takes office as the 13th President of Finland.
 * 2 April – Viertola school shooting; Three 12-year old children are shot, one of them fatally, in a school shooting in Vantaa. The suspect, who is also a 12-year old, is arrested.
 * 13–14 April – Evacuations are ordered in parts of Northern Ostrobothnia due to flooding caused by the spring thaw.
 * 26 April – Finns Party MP Timo Vornanen is arrested by police on suspicion of firing a gun inside a nightclub in Helsinki.
 * 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: The Left Alliance and the National Coalition Party emerge as the largest parties in the Finnish contingent to the European Parliament.
 * 12 July – The Eduskunta votes 167-31 to approve a bill allowing the Finnish Border Guard to turn away third-country migrants trying to enter from Russia and reject their asylum applications on national security grounds. The bill is signed into law by President Alexander Stubb on 16 July.

Holidays
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 * 1 January - New Year's Day
 * 6 January - Epiphany
 * 29 March - Good Friday
 * 1 April - Easter Monday
 * 1 May - May Day
 * 9 May - Ascension Day
 * 19 May - Whit Sunday
 * 21 June – Midsummer Day
 * 2 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