2006 in Finland

Events from the year 2006 in Finland.

Incumbents

January 1: Municipalities of Rovaniemi and Rovaniemen maalaiskunta united.
January 15: The first round of the 2006 presidential election.
January 29: Tarja Halonen selected as the president on the second round of the 2006 presidential election. She occupied the position from 2006 to 2012.
March 16: Translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince published at midnight.
March 29: Partial solar eclipse.
May 1: Rioting in Helsinki after EuroMayDay demonstrations at the VR warehouses.
May 5: One of the two VR warehouses burned down in an apparent arson attack only a few days before their demolition was to begin.
May 20: Lordi wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece.
May 26: A crowd of 90,000 celebrates the victory of Eurovision Song Contest 2006 at the Market Square, Helsinki.
May 29: An arsonist burns the roof of the Porvoo Cathedral causing massive damage to the building.
May 31: Double murderer Antti Taskinen is sentenced to life in prison.
July 1: Finland receives the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
July 25: Jarno Mäkinen, a Finnish UNTSO observer killed in an Israeli attack during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
October 22: Gordon B. Hinckley dedicates the Helsinki Finland Temple.