2025 in Finland

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Events in the year 2025 in Finland .

Incumbents

• President: Alexander Stubb
• Prime Minister: Petteri Orpo
• Parliament: 2023–2027 Eduskunta/Riksdag
• Speaker of the Parliament: Jussi Halla-aho

Events

March

• 14 March – Yan Petrovsky, a Russian national and former commander of the far-right Russian nationalist paramilitary Rusich Group who was arrested in Finland in 2023, is sentenced by a court in Helsinki to life imprisonment for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ^[1]

April

• 13 April:
  • 2025 Finnish county elections
  • 2025 Finnish municipal elections

May

• 8 May – An F/A-18 Hornet of the Finnish Air Force crashes during a rehearsal for an airshow near Rovaniemi Airport. The pilot ejects and is rescued. ^[2]
• 17 May –
  • Two Robinson R44 civilian helicopters collide mid-air and crash in a forested area while en route from Tallinn to Piikajärvi Airfield near Eura, Satakunta. All five occupants of both helicopters, including Estonian businessmen Oleg Sõnajalg and Priit Jaagant, are killed. ^[3]
  • Finland's Erika Vikman finishes in 11th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Ich Komme". ^[4]

June

• 19 June – The Parliament of Finland votes 157–8 to withdraw Finland from the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines. ^[5]

July

• 3 July – Multiple people are injured in a knife attack near a shopping centre in Tampere. A suspect is arrested. ^[6]
• 15 July – A law barring Russian and Belarusian nationals from buying property in Finland on national security grounds comes into effect. ^[7]

August

• 19 August – Incumbent SDP MP Eemeli Peltonen dies from suicide inside the Parliament House in Helsinki. ^[8]
• 27 August–14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland ^{[9] [10] [11]}

September

• 1 September – The Päijät-Häme District Court sentences Nigerian-born Biafran separatist leader Simon Ekpa, who has been living in exile in Lahti, to six years' imprisonment for terrorism, tax fraud and ethical violations. ^{[12] [13]}
• 14 September – Finland finishes in fourth place at EuroBasket 2025 after losing to Greece 92-89 at the final in Latvia. ^[14]

October

• 3 October – The Helsinki District Court dismisses a case against the captain and two senior officers of the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S over their alleged involvement in the 2024 Estlink 2 incident, citing lack of jurisdiction. ^[15]

December

• 17 December –
  • The government seizes a villa owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg in Hanko due to unpaid property taxes. ^[16]
  • Prime minister Orpo issues an apology to citizens of Japan, China and South Korea over the posting of derogatory images by Finns Party MPs on social media. ^[17]
• 28 December – Around 60,000 homes nationwide lose electricity, while two aircraft at Kittilä Airport undergo a runway excursion due to Storm Johannes. ^[18]
• 31 December – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines-flagged vessel Fitburg is intercepted by Finnish authorities on suspicion of damaging an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland running from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia, and owned by Elisa. ^[19]

Deaths

• 8 February – Yrjö Kukkapuro, interior architect and furniture designer ^[20]
• 13 August – Klaus Wirzenius, musician ^[21]
• 19 August – Eemeli Peltonen, MP (since 2023) ^[22]
• 30 August – Juhani Markola, 83, singer ^[23]
• 26 September – Esa Saario, 93, actor ^[24]
• 28 September – Mika Immonen, 52, pool player ^[25]
• 4 November – Elina Salo, 89, actress ^[26]
• 6 December – Esko Seppänen, 79, MP and MEP ^[27]
• 6 December – Lars Svedberg  [ fi ], 80, actor and theatre director ^[28]
• 8 December – Eila Roine, 94, actress ^[29]
• 20 or 21 December – Taisto Tähkämaa, 101, politician. ^[30]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Finland

Source: ^{[31] [32]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 20 April – Easter Sunday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – May Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 8 June – Whit Sunday
• 21 June – Midsummer Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 6 December – Independence Day
• 24 December – Christmas Eve
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• List of Finnish films of the 2020s

See also

• 2025 in the European Union
• 2025 in Europe

References

1. "Finnish court convicts Russian man for war crimes in Ukraine". Al Jazeera. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
2. "Finnish fighter jet crashes in Arctic town, pilot ejected". France 24. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
3. "No survivors in Finland crash of two helicopters that took off from Tallinn". Eesti Rahvusringhääling. May 17, 2025. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
4. "Eurovision 2025: Austria wins with last-minute vote, as the UK comes 19th". BBC. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
5. "MPs approve Finland's withdrawal from Ottawa landmine treaty". Yle. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
6. "Finnish media says several people have been stabbed in the southern city of Tempere". BBC. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
7. "Finland bans Russians, Belarusians from buying property over security concerns". The Kyiv Independent. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
8. "Finnish MP Eemeli Peltonen found dead in Helsinki parliament in apparent suicide". Euronews . 2025-08-19. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
9. "Latvia, Cyprus and Finland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 hosts". 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
10. "Poland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 co-host". fiba.basketball. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
11. "Draw to determine early designation of FIBA EuroBasket 2025 groups held in Ljubljana". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
12. "Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa sentenced in Finland to 6 years in prison". AP News. 2025-09-01. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
13. "Finnish court sentences Simon Ekpa to prison on terrorism charges". Yle News. 2025-09-01. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
14. "Schroeder secures last-minute win over Turkey as Germany takes away EuroBasket gold". France 24. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
15. "Munich Airport Closure 'Wake-Up Call' Over Drone Danger – Govt". The Moscow Times. 2025-10-03. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
16. "Finland Seizes Sanctioned Billionaire Boris Rotenberg's Villa – Yle". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
17. "Finland PM apologises to Asian countries over MPs' mocking posts". France 24. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
18. "Three killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countries". BBC. 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
19. "Authorities investigating damage to undersea telecom cable in Gulf of Finland". AP News. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
20. "Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies". AP News. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
21. "Tampereella hukkunut oli tunnettu muusikko". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-08-18.
22. "Kansanedustaja Eemeli Peltonen on kuollut – Iltalehden mukaan kyseessä on itsemurha" [Member of Parliament Eemeli Peltonen has died – according to Iltalehti, it is a suicide]. Yle (in Finnish). 2025-08-19. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
23. "Juhani Markola on kuollut". Tanssiin (in Finnish). 2025-08-30. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
24. "Suomalaisille tuttu näyttelijälegenda Esa Saario on kuollut". Como.fi (in Finnish). 26 September 2025.
25. "Biljardilegenda Mika Immonen on kuollut". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 September 2025.
26. Elina Salo död – gjorde Lilla Mys röst (in Swedish)
27. Kansan valistaja Esko Seppänen kuoli itsenäisyyspäivänä, Kansan Uutiset , 7 December 2025
28. Svenska Teaterns tidigare chef Lars Svedberg är död, Hufvudstadsbladet , 8 December 2025
29. Näyttelijä Eila Roine on kuollut, Yle, 8 December 2025
30. Taisto Tähkämaa on kuollut, Iltalehti , 21 December 2025
31. "Finland Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
32. "National holidays when banks are closed". Suomen Pankki. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

External links

• Online calendar