Finnish Olympic Committee

The Finnish Olympic Committee (Finnish: Suomen Olympiakomitea ry; Swedish: Finlands Olympiska Kommitté rf) is the national Olympic committee in Finland for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[1]

Finnish Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Finland
Code	FIN
Created	1907
Recognized	1907
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
President	Jan Vapaavuori
Secretary General	Taina Susiluoto
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi

Old logo until 2017

The schools, colleges, universities and other establishments in the programme are organised into local clusters. For example:

• The Sotkamo High School works in collaboration with several other schools, colleges and universities as part of the Vuokatti-Ruka Sports Academy.^[2]
• The Joensuu Sports Academy is a co-operation network of schools, colleges and universities.^[3]
• The Urhea Metropolitan Sports Academy is based in Helsinki and includes the National Olympic Training Centre.^[4]

Others include the Kuortane High School and Sports Academy and the Pajulahti Sports Institute.

Presidents

President	Term
Reinhold Felix von Willebrand[5]	1907–1919
Ernst Krogius[6]	1919–1929
Kustaa Levälahti[7]	1929–1937
Urho Kekkonen[8]	1937–1946
Wilhelm Lehtinen[9]	1946–1951
Väinö Karikoski[10]	1951–1956
Yrjö Valkama[11]	1956–1961
Jukka Rangell[12]	1961–1963
Akseli Kaskela[13]	1963–1969
Jukka Uunila[14]	1969–1984
Carl-Olaf Homén[15]	1984–1988
Tapani Ilkka[16]	1988–2004
Roger Talermo[17]	2004–2012
Risto Nieminen[18]	2012–2016
Timo Ritakallio[19]	2016–present[1][20]

See also

• Finland at the Olympics
• Finnish Paralympic Committee