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==Events==
==Events==
===January===
* 28 January – [[2024 Finnish presidential election]] (first round): Former prime minister [[Alexander Stubb]] and former foreign minister [[Pekka Haavisto]] advance to the runoff vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=As it happened: Stubb and Haavisto head for second round run-off in Finnish presidential election |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20071743 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Yle |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129031612/https://yle.fi/a/74-20071743 |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Events===
===February===
* 28 January – [[2024 Finnish presidential election]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vaalit.fi/en/schedule-in-the-presidential-election |title=Schedule for the 2024 presidential election|access-date=26 November 2023|work=Ministry of Justice Department for Democracy and Public Law|publisher=Vaalit}}</ref>
* 11 February – [[2024 Finnish presidential election]] (second round): [[Alexander Stubb]] is elected [[President of Finland]] with 51.6% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-11 |title=Tässä on vaalien tulos: Alexander Stubb on Suomen uusi presidentti |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20074033 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref>

* 11 February – [[Alexander Stubb]] is elected [[President of Finland]] with 51.6% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-11 |title=Tässä on vaalien tulos: Alexander Stubb on Suomen uusi presidentti |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20074033 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref>
===March===
* 1 March – [[Alexander Stubb]] takes office as the 13th [[President of Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-01 |title=New Finnish leader Alexander Stubb says it took 'final step' into Western community by joining NATO |url=https://apnews.com/article/finland-president-inauguration-alexander-stubb-401e71ef6f5650145c2ea7951e911303 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
* 1 March – [[Alexander Stubb]] takes office as the 13th [[President of Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-01 |title=New Finnish leader Alexander Stubb says it took 'final step' into Western community by joining NATO |url=https://apnews.com/article/finland-president-inauguration-alexander-stubb-401e71ef6f5650145c2ea7951e911303 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

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* 2 April – Three children are injured in a school shooting in [[Vantaa]]. The 13-year old suspect is arrested.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Finland shooting: Child, 13, wounds three in Vantaa school shooting |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68712104 |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref>
===April===
* 6–9 June – [[2024 European Parliament election]]
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* 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Finland shooting: Child held after pupil aged 12 shot dead at school in Vantaa |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68712104 |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref>
* 13–14 April – Evacuations are ordered in parts of [[Northern Ostrobothnia]] due to flooding caused by the spring thaw.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2024 |title=Residents evacuated as flood waters rise in western Finland |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20083587 |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Yle |language=en}}</ref>
* 26 April – [[Finns Party]] MP [[Timo Vornanen]] is arrested by police on suspicion of firing a gun inside a nightclub in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2024 |title=Police arrest Finns Party MP over nightclub shooting |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20086058 |access-date=30 April 2024 |website=Yle |language=en}}</ref>

===June===
* 6–9 June – [[2024 European Parliament election]]: The [[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]] and the [[National Coalition Party]] emerge as the largest parties in the Finnish contingent to the [[European Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2024 |title=As it happened: No right wing wave in Finland as Left Alliance take record result in EU elections |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20092966 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=Yle |language=en}}</ref>

===July===
* 12 July – The [[Eduskunta]] votes 167-31 to approve a bill allowing the [[Finnish Border Guard]] to turn away third-country [[Human migration|migrants]] trying to enter from [[Russia]] and reject their asylum applications on national security grounds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2024 |title=Finnish lawmakers approve controversial law to turn away migrants at border with Russia |url=https://apnews.com/article/finland-migrants-russia-92c3c414d60ba1f7097297f7dca62e78 |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref> The bill is signed into law by President [[Alexander Stubb]] on 16 July.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2024 |title=Finland Adopts Law Restricting Asylum Seekers on Russian Border |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/16/finland-adopts-law-restricting-asylum-seekers-on-russian-border-a85730 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}</ref>
* 26 July – Finland reports that a [[Russian Navy]] vessel from its [[Baltic Fleet|Baltic Sea fleet]] trespassed on its [[territorial waters]] in the eastern [[Gulf of Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2024 |title=Finland suspects Russian vessel of territorial violation |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-suspects-russian-vessel-territorial-violation-2024-07-26/ |work=Reuters}}</ref>

===October===
* 16 October – A [[World War II]]-era [[North American T-6 Texan]] trainer aircraft crashes into a forest near [[Räyskälä Airfield]], killing its two German [[Aircraft pilot|pilots]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2024 |title=2 German pilots killed when WWII-era airplane crashes after takeoff in southern Finland |url=https://apnews.com/article/finland-airplane-crash-germany-pilots-killed-f9c2c2a942cf1ba13b49eb5c09a0b635 |work=Associated Press}}</ref>

===November===
* 3 November – The [[Tampere Lenin Museum]], the last remaining museum outside Russia dedicated to the life of [[Vladimir Lenin]], closes down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kyivindependent.com/finland-closes-worlds-last-lenin-museum-outside-russia/ |title=Finland closes world's last Lenin museum outside Russia |first=Abbey |last=Fenbert|work=[[The Kyiv Independent]]|date=4 November 2024|access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref>
* 18 November – A section of the [[C-Lion1]] submarine communications cable running under the [[Baltic Sea]] between Finland and Germany is cut off the Swedish coast in what German authorities suspect as an act of sabotage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dl4vxw501o |title=Germany suspects sabotage behind severed undersea cables |date=19 November 2024 |access-date=19 November 2024 |website=BBC}}</ref>
* 29 November – Biafran separatists declare the restoration of [[Biafra]]'s independence in [[Lahti]] with plans to establish the [[United States of Biafra]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Michael |date=2024-12-01 |title=How Marco Rubio Can Save the State Department |url=https://www.19fortyfive.com/2024/11/how-marco-rubio-can-save-the-state-department/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=19FortyFive |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-29 |title=Ekpa not bailable, followers declare United States of Biafra in Finland |url=https://punchng.com/ekpa-not-bailable-followers-declare-united-states-of-biafra-in-finland/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref>

===December===
* 2 December – Two sections of a submarine communications cable running under the [[Baltic Sea]] between Finland and Sweden are cut in what Swedish authorities suspect as an act of sabotage, affecting about 6,000 households in Finland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8900p333zo |title=Investigation under way after Finland-Sweden cables damaged |date=3 December 2024 |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=BBC}}</ref>
* 19 December – A bus and a minivan carrying tourists collides near [[Rovaniemi]], killing two people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241220-two-dead-after-lapland-tourist-bus-crash-in-finland |title=Two dead after Lapland tourist bus crash in Finland |date=21 December 2024 |access-date=21 December 2024 |website=France 24}}</ref>
* 25 December – The submarine [[Estlink]]-2 power cable running under the [[Gulf of Finland]] between Finland and Estonia is cut, leading to suspicions that a vessel linked to Russia is responsible.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/eu-finland-estonia-baltic-sea-power-cable-6741ef1ce9130602abac6214d7297717 |title=Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea |date=27 December 2024 |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>

== Deaths ==

* [[Vieno Länsman]], politician
* [[Heljä Liukko-Sundström]], ceramic artist
* [[Marjorie (singer)]], singer


==Holidays==
==Holidays==

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November

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  • 3 November – The Tampere Lenin Museum, the last remaining museum outside Russia dedicated to the life of Vladimir Lenin, closes down.[12]
  • 18 November – A section of the C-Lion1 submarine communications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is cut off the Swedish coast in what German authorities suspect as an act of sabotage.[13]
  • 29 November – Biafran separatists declare the restoration of Biafra's independence in Lahti with plans to establish the United States of Biafra.[14] [15]

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  • 2 December – Two sections of a submarine communications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden are cut in what Swedish authorities suspect as an act of sabotage, affecting about 6,000 households in Finland.[16]
  • 19 December – A bus and a minivan carrying tourists collides near Rovaniemi, killing two people.[17]
  • 25 December – The submarine Estlink-2 power cable running under the Gulf of Finland between Finland and Estonia is cut, leading to suspicions that a vessel linked to Russia is responsible.[18]

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Further information: Public holidays in Finland

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Art and entertainment

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References

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  1. ^ "As it happened: Stubb and Haavisto head for second round run-off in Finnish presidential election". Yle. 2024-01-29. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. ^ "Tässä on vaalien tulos: Alexander Stubb on Suomen uusi presidentti". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Finland shooting: Child held after pupil aged 12 shot dead at school in Vantaa". BBC. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Residents evacuated as flood waters rise in western Finland". Yle. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Police arrest Finns Party MP over nightclub shooting". Yle. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Finnish lawmakers approve controversial law to turn away migrants at border with Russia". Associated Press. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Finland Adopts Law Restricting Asylum Seekers on Russian Border". The Moscow Times. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Finland suspects Russian vessel of territorial violation". Reuters. July 26, 2024.
  11. ^ "2 German pilots killed when WWII-era airplane crashes after takeoff in southern Finland". Associated Press. October 17, 2024.
  12. ^ Fenbert, Abbey (4 November 2024). "Finland closes world's last Lenin museum outside Russia". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Germany suspects sabotage behind severed undersea cables". BBC. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  14. ^ Rubin, Michael (2024-12-01). "How Marco Rubio Can Save the State Department". 19FortyFive. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  15. ^ "Ekpa not bailable, followers declare United States of Biafra in Finland". Punch Newspapers. 2024-11-29. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  16. ^ "Investigation under way after Finland-Sweden cables damaged". BBC. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Two dead after Lapland tourist bus crash in Finland". France 24. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea". Associated Press. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Finland Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  20. ^ "National holidays when banks are closed". Suomen Pankki. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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