2021 in Finland

Incumbents

• President: Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister: Sanna Marin
• Eduskunta/Riksdag: 2019-2023 Eduskunta/Riksdag
• Speaker of the Eduskunta/Riksdag: Anu Vehviläinen

Events

• July 6, 2021 - Lapland recorded its highest temperature in over a century.
• 13–14 August, 2021 Finns Party leadership election was won by Riikka Purra

Deaths

January

• 13 January
• * Pave Maijanen, rock musician
• * Sinikka Nopola, writer and journalist
• 14 January – Yrjö Rantanen, 70, Finnish chess grandmaster.
• 16 January – Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish musician, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• 22 January
• *, radio and television presenter
• * Raimo Suikkanen, 78, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist.
• 27 January – Tiina Rinne, actress

February

• 12 February – Paavo Pystynen, 89, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner.
• 14 February – Finn Knutsen, 88, Norwegian politician, MP.
• 16 February –, studio musician
• 17 February – Jyrki Yrttiaho, 68, Finnish politician, MP.

March

• 5 March – Aulis Sipponen, 92, Finnish Olympic skier.
• 8 March – Risto Aaltonen, 81, Finnish actor.
• 13 March –, jazz musician
• 17 March – Kristian Gullichsen, 88, Finnish architect.