2012 in Finland

← 2011 2010 2009 2012 in Finland → 2013 2014 2015
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2012 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened in 2012 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President – Tarja Halonen, Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister – Jyrki Katainen

Events

• 22 January and 5 February – the Finnish presidential election, 2012
• 26 May – the Hyvinkää shooting
• 27 July - 12 August – 56 athletes competed for Finland at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Deaths

Aatos Erkko

• 13 February – Tonmi Lillman, musician (b. 1973)
• 9 March – Jammu Siltavuori, murderer and sexual offender (born 1926)
• 5 May – Aatos Erkko, newspaper editor and publisher (b. 1932)
• 10 May – Pekka Marjamäki, ice hockey player (b. 1947)
• 2 June – Soini Nikkinen, javelin thrower (b. 1923).^[1]
• 18 July – Seppo Liitsola, ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• 21 September – Karl-Gustav Kaisla, ice hockey referee (b. 1943)
• 27 September – Eija Inkeri, stage and film actress (b. 1926)
• 13 December – Sakari Jurkka, actor (b. 1923)
• 27 December – Jorma Kortelainen, cross country skier and competitive rower (b. 1932).^[2]

References

Years in Finland
1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019