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2006 in Finland
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Events from the year
2006 in Finland
.
Incumbents
President
:
Tarja Halonen
Prime Minister
:
Matti Vanhanen
Speaker
:
Paavo Lipponen
Events
January 1:
Municipalities
of
Rovaniemi
and
Rovaniemen maalaiskunta
united.
January 15: The first round of the
2006 presidential election
.
January 29:
Tarja Halonen
selected as the
president
on the second round of the
2006 presidential election
. She occupied the position from 2006 to 2012.
March 16: Translation of
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
published at midnight.
March 29: Partial
solar eclipse
.
May 1:
Rioting
in
Helsinki
after
EuroMayDay
demonstrations at the
VR warehouses
.
May 5: One of the two
VR warehouses
burned down in an apparent arson attack only a few days before their demolition was to begin.
May 20:
Lordi
wins the
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
in
Athens
,
Greece
.
May 26: A crowd of 90,000 celebrates the victory of
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
at the
Market Square
,
Helsinki
.
May 29: An arsonist burns the roof of the
Porvoo Cathedral
causing massive damage to the building.
May 31: Double murderer
Antti Taskinen
is sentenced to life in prison.
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]
July 1: Finland receives the
presidency
of the
Council of the European Union
.
July 25:
Jarno Mäkinen
, a Finnish
UNTSO
observer killed in an
Israeli
attack during the
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
.
October 22:
Gordon B. Hinckley
dedicates the
Helsinki Finland Temple
.
[
2
]
Sports
Winter Olympic Games
held in
Turin
,
Italy
:
February 26: Finland wins silver after losing to
Sweden
in the
ice hockey
.
Births
Main article:
births in 2006
Further information:
Category:2006 births
Deaths
January 5:
Ilpo Hakasalo
, radio journalist
January 16:
Ville-Veikko Salminen
, actor (b. 1937)
January 25:
Matti Tuominen
, actor
February 10:
Kari K. Laurla
, heraldist
February 23:
Mauri Favén
, painter (b. 1920)
April 18:
Anna Hagman
, the oldest living person in Finland at the time
April 19:
Tuure Salo
, politician (b. 1921)
April 24:
Erik Bergman
, composer, academician (b. 1911)
April 25:
Tabe Slioor
, socialite, celebrity journalist (b. 1926)
May 1:
Rauno Lehtinen
, conductor, composer (b. 1932)
May 3:
Nandor Mikola
, painter (b. 1911)
May 25:
Kari S. Tikka
, professor of finance, murdered (b. 1944)
June 4:
Jorma Palo
, emeritus professor (b. 1930)
July 8:
Kari Kontio
, author
July 12:
Kari Mannerla
, board and card game designer (b. 1930)
July 12:
Jorma Pilkevaara
, basketball player (b. 1945)
July 14:
Alice Kaira
, painter
July 16:
Aulis Virtanen
, sports editor (b. 1926)
July 17:
Paavo Einiö
July 17:
Paula Björkqvist
, politician, killed by her husband (b. 1975)
July 18:
Ilmari Aarre-Ahtio
, actor
July 20:
Risto Karlsson
, journalist and author
August 13:
Elina Karjalainen
, author (b. 1927)
August 15:
Jorma Weneskoski
, Jazz musician and manager
August 19:
Jarkko Laine
, author (b. 1947)
September 8:
Jaakko Pöyry
, the founder of
Pöyry oyj
(b. 1924)
November 24:
Juice Leskinen
, singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
December 3:
Raili Halttu
, Olympic sprinter (b. 1909)
References
↑
"Sarjasurmaajalle elinkautistuomio"
.
Turun Sanomat
.
Archived
from the original on 2007-09-30
. Retrieved
2007-05-09
.
↑
"Helsinki Finland Temple"
.
Mormon Newsroom
. Retrieved
December 21,
2016
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