2024 in Finland
Finland-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in Finland.
Incumbents
- President: Sauli Niinistö (until 1 March); Alexander Stubb onwards
- Prime Minister: Petteri Orpo
- Parliament: 2023–2027 Eduskunta/Riksdag
- Speaker of the Parliament: Jussi Halla-aho
Events
- 28 January – 2024 Finnish presidential election (first round)[1]
- 11 February – 2024 Finnish presidential election (second round): Alexander Stubb is elected President of Finland with 51.6% of the vote.[2]
- 1 March – Alexander Stubb takes office as the 13th President of Finland.[3]
- 2 April – Viertola school shooting; Three 12-year old children are shot, one of them fatally, in a school shooting in Vantaa. The suspect, who is also a 12-year old, is arrested.[4]
- 13–14 April – Evacuations are ordered in parts of Northern Ostrobothnia due to flooding caused by the spring thaw.[5]
- 26 April – Finns Party MP Timo Vornanen is arrested by police on suspicion of firing a gun inside a nightclub in Helsinki.[6]
- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: The Left Alliance and the National Coalition Party emerge as the largest parties in the Finnish contingent to the European Parliament.[7]
- 12 July – The Eduskunta votes 167-31 to approve a bill allowing the Finnish Border Guard to turn away third-country migrants trying to enter from Russia and reject their asylum applications on national security grounds.[8] The bill is signed into law by President Alexander Stubb on 16 July.[9]
- 26 July – Finland reports that a Russian Navy vessel from its Baltic Sea fleet trespassed on Finnish territorial waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland.[10]
Holidays
Source:[11][12]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - May Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 19 May - Whit Sunday
- 21 June – Midsummer Day
- 2 November - All Saints' Day
- 6 December – Independence Day
- 24 December - Christmas Eve
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Art and entertainment
- List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- List of Finnish films of the 2020s
See also
References
- ^ "Schedule for the 2024 presidential election". Ministry of Justice Department for Democracy and Public Law. Vaalit. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Tässä on vaalien tulos: Alexander Stubb on Suomen uusi presidentti". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "New Finnish leader Alexander Stubb says it took 'final step' into Western community by joining NATO". AP News. 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ "Finland shooting: Child held after pupil aged 12 shot dead at school in Vantaa". BBC. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Residents evacuated as flood waters rise in western Finland". Yle. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Police arrest Finns Party MP over nightclub shooting". Yle. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "As it happened: No right wing wave in Finland as Left Alliance take record result in EU elections". Yle. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Finnish lawmakers approve controversial law to turn away migrants at border with Russia". Associated Press. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Finland Adopts Law Restricting Asylum Seekers on Russian Border". The Moscow Times. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Finland suspects Russian vessel of territorial violation". Reuters. July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Finland Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "National holidays when banks are closed". Suomen Pankki. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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