2019 in Finland

Events

• 26 May – Finland wins the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship for the third time since 2011
• 1 July – Finland receives the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
• November–December – Finland postal strike controversy 2019

Deaths

January

• 16 January – Unto Wiitala, Finnish Hall of Fame ice hockey player and official.

February

• 4 February – Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
• 5 February – Eero Rantala, Finnish politician
• 5 February – Tapio Lehto, Finnish Olympic triple jumper.
• 7 February – Per Olov Jansson, Finnish photographer.
• 12 February – Olli Lindholm, Finnish singer and guitarist
• 16 February – Eyvind Wichmann, Finnish-born American theoretical physicist.

March

• 11 March – Pertti Koivulahti, Finnish ice hockey player.
• 15 March – Osmo Jussila, Finnish historian.
• 17 March – Olavi Mannonen, Finnish modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medalist and bronze medalist.
• 23 March – Matti Launonen, Finnish table tennis player, Paralympic champion, complications from a fall.
• 24 March – Ensio Hyytiä, Finnish ski jumper, world championship silver medalist.

April

• 5 April – Lasse Pöysti, Finnish actor
• 6 April – Olli Mäki, Finnish boxer, European amateur champion, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• 13 April – Lydia Wideman, Finnish cross-country skier
• 22 April – Oiva Toikka, Finnish glass designer
• April 26 – Reijo Taipale, Finnish singer

May

• May 6 – Pekka Airaksinen, Finnish composer and musician.
• May 28 – Tuulikki Ukkola, Finnish journalist and politician, MP and leader of the Liberal People's Party.

June

• June 9 – Juhani Wahlsten, Finnish ice hockey player.
• June 22 – Leevi Lehto, Finnish poet, translator and programmer, multiple system atrophy.
• June 29 – Kirsti Simonsuuri, Finnish writer and poet, complications from cancer and Parkinson's disease.
• June 29 – Ilkka Nummisto, Finnish Olympic sprint canoer.

July

• July 9 – Klaus Sahlgren, Finnish diplomat.
• July 11 – Arto Nilsson, Finnish boxer, Olympic bronze medallist.
• July 24 – Claes Andersson, Finnish writer, psychiatrist and politician, MP.
• July 25 – Jorma Kinnunen, Finnish javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist.
• July 29 – Mona-Liisa Nousiainen, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier, cancer.

August

• August 23 – Leo Gauriloff, Finnish musician.
• August 27 – Gustav Wiklund, Finnish actor and painter.
• August 29 – Juhani Kärkinen, Finnish ski jumper, world champion.

September

• September 1 – Kari Lehtola, Finnish lawyer, head of the Safety Investigation Authority.
• September 1 – Jukka Virtanen, Finnish director, actor and screenwriter, cancer.
• September 23 – Harri Hurme, Finnish chess player.
• September 29 – Paavo Korhonen, Finnish nordic skier, world champion.
• September 29 – Ilkka Laitinen, Finnish lieutenant general, Chief of the Border Guard and Executive Director of Frontex.

October

• October 1 – Jouko Innanen, Finnish cartoonist.
• October 7 – Jari Laukkanen, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier.
• October 21 – Aila Meriluoto, Finnish poet, writer and translator.
• October 28 – Toivo Salonen, Finnish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist.

November

• November 5 – Ulf-Erik Slotte, Finnish diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey, Australia and Ireland.
• November 22 – Antti Rantakangas, Finnish politician, MP.
• November 27 – Maarit Feldt-Ranta, Finnish politician, MP.

December

• December 20 – Matti Ahde, Finnish politician, MP.