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2025 in Finland
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Events in the year 2025 in Finland.
Incumbents
Events
March
- 14 March – Yan Petrovsky, a Russian national and former commander of the far-right Russian nationalist paramilitary Rusich Group who was arrested in Finland in 2023, is sentenced by a court in Helsinki to life imprisonment for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
April
May
- 8 May – An F/A-18 Hornet of the Finnish Air Force crashes during a rehearsal for an airshow near Rovaniemi Airport. The pilot ejects and is rescued.[2]
- 17 May –
- Two Robinson R44 civilian helicopters collide mid-air and crash in a forested area while en route from Tallinn to Piikajärvi Airfield near Eura, Satakunta. All five occupants of both helicopters, including Estonian businessmen Oleg Sõnajalg and Priit Jaagant, are killed.[3]
- Finland's Erika Vikman finishes in 11th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Ich Komme".[4]
June
- 19 June – The Parliament of Finland votes 157–8 to withdraw Finland from the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines.[5]
July
August
- 19 August – Incumbent SDP MP Eemeli Peltonen dies from suicide inside the Parliament House in Helsinki.[8]
- 27 August–14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland[9][10][11]
September
- 1 September – The Päijät-Häme District Court sentences Nigerian-born Biafran separatist leader Simon Ekpa, who has been living in exile in Lahti, to six years' imprisonment for terrorism, tax fraud and ethical violations.[12][13]
- 14 September – Finland finishes in fourth place at EuroBasket 2025 after losing to Greece 92-89 at the final in Latvia.[14]
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Deaths
- 8 February – Yrjö Kukkapuro, interior architect and furniture designer[15]
- 13 August – Klaus Wirzenius, musician[16]
- 19 August – Eemeli Peltonen, MP (since 2023)[17]
- 30 August – Juhani Markola, 83, singer.[18]
- 26 September – Esa Saario, 93, actor.[19]
- 28 September – Mika Immonen, 52, pool player.[20]
Holidays
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – May Day
- 29 May – Ascension Day
- 8 June – Whit Sunday
- 21 June – Midsummer Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 6 December – Independence Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
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Art and entertainment
See also
References
External links
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