2001 in Finland

Incumbents

• President: Tarja Halonen
• Prime Minister: Paavo Lipponen

  Events

• March 2 - The began a doctors' strike that lasted until August 18th.
• August 24 - Heino murders: Four teenagers murdered businessman Martti Heino and his wife Elise Heino in Loppi.

  Births

• February 13 - Kaapo Kakko, ice hockey player

  Deaths

• January 15 - Kaija Siren, 80, architect
• March 3 - Maija Isola, 73, textile designer
• June 27 – Tove Jansson, 86, author, painter and comic strip artist
• September 7 - Spede Pasanen, 71, television star, film director and inventor, heart attack.
• October 20 - Marko Hirsma, 36, musician, outlaw biker and gangster, murdered
• November 26 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, 58, Finnish-Sami writer, musician, and artist