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
• 26 March - Yrjö Hietanen, sprint canoer.
• 27 May - Jukka Toivola, long-distance runner and chemist.
• 12 June - Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, writer and translator
• 5 July - Mika Myllylä, cross country skier
• 7 August - Harri Holkeri, statesman, Prime Minister of Finland 1987–1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000–2001
• 25 October - Sinikka Keskitalo, long-distance runner.
• 5 November - Hannu Haapalainen, ice hockey player
• 8 November - Lauri Sutela, military officer