2016 in Finland

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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Finland.

## Incumbents

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| President of Finland | Sauli Niinistö
| Prime Minister of Finland | Juha Sipilä
| Speaker of the Parliament of Finland | Maria Lohela

## Events

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### January

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* Four pairs of municipalities were merged Hämeenkoski with Hollola, Jalasjärvi with Kurikka, Köyliö with Säkylä and Nastola with Lahti.

### February

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* First ever face transfer operation in Nordic countries was made in Helsinki

### March

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* Church in Ylivieska was destroyed in a fire

### April

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### May

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* Finland became running-up in 2016 IIHF World Championship

### June

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* Three parties selected new chairmen: Petteri Orpo for Coalition, Li Andersson for Left Alliance, Anna-Maja Henriksson for SFP

### July

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### August

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### September

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* September 10
* At a demonstration near the Helsinki Central railway station, a far-right activist violently attacked a passer-by, resulting in the victim's death a few days later.[1]

### October

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### November

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* City council of Tampere approved building of light rail system.

### December

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* December 16
* A dangerous fire breaks out around 10:00 am at the Terrafame nickel mine in Sotkamo. The fire began in the mine's Hydrogen sulfide generator.[2]
* A White-tailed eagle is discovered dead in Rauma, Satakunta, and the cause of death was later verified as the H5N8 virus. This is the first confirmed instance of avian flu on the Finnish mainland.[3][4]
* December 25
* Ten thousand households within Southwest Finland go without power for an hour after an equipment failure at grid operator Fingrid's hub in the town of Uusikaupunki.[5]
* December 29
* President Sauli Niinistö appoints Mika Lintilä, an MP for the Centre Party, as the Minister of Economic Affairs.[6]
* The Helsinki District Court imposes a ten-year custodial prison sentence on Jari Aarnio, the former head of the anti-drug crime unit in Helsinki.[7]

## Sports

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* 2015–16 Liiga season
* 2016 Finnish Figure Skating Championships
* Finland at the 2016 Summer Olympics

## Deaths

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Further information: Category:2016 deaths and Deaths in 2016

### January

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* 8 January – Risto Syrjänen, 90, Finnish Olympic hurdler.[8]
* 10 January – Kalevi Lehtovirta, 87, Finnish Olympic footballer (1952).[9]

### February

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* 4 February – Ulf Söderblom, 85, Finnish conductor.[10]

### March

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* 1 March –
* Nestori Kaasalainen, 101, Finnish politician.[11]
* Reijo Kanerva, 72, Finnish footballer.[12]

## References

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1. ^ Uusnatsi Jesse Torniaiselle tuomio Asema-aukion hyppypotkusta, MTV Uutiset. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
2. ^ "Hydrogen sulphide fire at Terrafame mine". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
3. ^ "Avian flu killing wild birds in Rauma – first mainland case confirmed". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
4. ^ "Avian flu killing wild birds in Rauma – first mainland case confirmed - YLE News". www.healthmap.org. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
5. ^ "Christmas Day power outage in the southwest". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
6. ^ "Centre Party faithful Mika Lintilä appointed new Minister of Economic Affairs". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
7. ^ "10-year prison sentence for ex-drug squad chief Jari Aarnio". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
8. ^ "Archived copy". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. ^ Kalevi Lehtovirta on kuollut Archived February 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
10. ^ Ulf Söderblom in memoriam (in Finnish)
11. ^ Suomen vanhin elossa ollut ministeri (in Finnish)
12. ^ "Reijo Kanerva, international footballer".

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