Finnish Figure Skating Championships

Finnish Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Country	Finland
Organised by	Finnish Figure Skating Association

The Finnish Figure Skating Championships (Finnish : Taitoluistelun SM-kilpailut) are held annually to crown the national champions of Finland. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the Finnish Figure Skating Association, the sport's national governing body.

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1907–08		Sakari Ilmanen
1909–10		Walter Jakobsson
1910–11
1911–12		Sakari Ilmanen
1912–13		Björnsson Schauman
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1918–19
1919–20		Sakari Ilmanen
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23		Gunnar Jakobsson
1923–24		Sakari Ilmanen	Gunnar Jakobsson
1926–27		Marcus Nikkanen
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31		Bertel Nikkanen
1931–32		Gunnar Jakobsson
1932–33		Bertel Nikkanen
1933–34		Marcus Nikkanen
1934–35
1935–36		Martti Gylden
1936–37		Bertel Nikkanen
1937–38		Marcus Nikkanen	Martti Gylden	Bertel Nikkanen
1938–39			Bertel Nikkanen
1940	No competition held due to the Winter War
1941		Birger Nyman
1944–45		Marcus Nikkanen
1945–46
1946–47		Lars Björkman	Kalle Tuulos
1947–48
1948–49		Kalle Tuulos
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55	Helsinki		No other competitors		[1]
1955–56
1956–57		Ragnar Wikström
1957–58					[2]
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65		Raimo Poutiainen
1965–66		Ilkka Varhee
1966–67		Ragnar Wikström
1967–68		Tapio Seppälä
1968–69		Ragnar Wikström
1969–70		Pekka Leskinen
1970–71
1974–75
1977–78		Antti Kontiola
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85		Oula Jääskeläinen
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88		Jari Kauppi
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91		Oula Jääskeläinen
1991–92		Markus Leminen
1992–93
1993–94		Oula Jääskeläinen
1994–95		Markus Leminen
1995–96			Jukka Kalliomäki	Antti Koskinen
1997
1997–98	Helsinki		Eduard Pyöriäinen	Tero Hämäläinen
1998–99	Joensuu		Tero Hämäläinen	Pasi Honkanen
1999–2000	Tampere		Joni Juvonen	Tero Hämäläinen
2000–01	Mikkeli		Eduard Pyöriäinen
2001–02	Helsinki		Visa Tuominen	Joni Juvonen
2002–03	Turku	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Mikko Minkkinen	Antti Aalto
2003–04	Vantaa		Antti Aalto	Mikko Minkkinen
2004–05	Oulu		Tommi Piiroinen	Joni Juvonen
2005–06	Tampere		Valtter Virtanen	Mikko Minkkinen	[3]
2006–07	Mikkeli			Tommi Piiroinen
2007–08	Rauma	Mikko Minkkinen	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Valtter Virtanen	[4]
2008–09	Helsinki	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Valtter Virtanen	Lasse Sääkslahti	[5]
2009–10	Jyväskylä		Mikko Minkkinen	Valtter Virtanen	[6]
2010–11	Turku	Bela Papp	Valtter Virtanen	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	[7]
2011–12	Tampere	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	Matthias Versluis	Bela Papp	[8]
2012–13	Joensuu	Valtter Virtanen		Viktor Zubik	[9]
2013–14	Espoo	Matthias Versluis	Valtter Virtanen	Bela Papp	[10]
2014–15	Vantaa	Valtter Virtanen	Tomi Pulkkinen	Viktor Zubik	[11]
2015–16	Mikkeli		Roman Galay	Matthias Versluis	[12]
2016–17	Tampere		No other competitors		[13]
2018	Kouvola	Valtter Virtanen	Bela Papp	Roman Galay	[14]
2019		Roman Galay	Valtter Virtanen	No other competitors	[15]
2020	Vantaa			Lauri Lankila	[16]
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]
2022	Pori	Valtter Virtanen	Makar Suntsev	Jan Ollikainen	[18]
2023	Joensuu			Matias Lindfors	[19]
2024	Helsinki	Makar Suntsev	Valtter Virtanen	Arttu Juusola	[20]
2025	Rauma	Valtter Virtanen	Arttu Juusola	Jan Ollikainen	[21]

Women's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1916–17		Ludowika Jakobsson
1918–19		Anna-Lisa Allardt
1922–23		Anna Greta Henriksson
1923–24		Anna Greta Henriksson	Mary Lindeberg	Salli Särkipato
1926–27		Anna Greta Henriksson	Rauha Perkiö	Ilma Suuronen
1927–28		Gunnel Nysten
1928–29		Gunnel Nysten
1929–30		Gunnel Nysten
1930–31		Ilma Suuronen
1931–32		Gunnel Relander
1932–33		Ilma Suuronen
1933–34		Mary Lindeberg
1934–35		Ilma Suuronen
1935–36		Ilma Suuronen
1936–37		Maj-Len Helin
1937–38		Maj-Len Helin	Ilma Suuronen	Sisko Terho
1938–39		Maj-Len Helin	Ilma Suuronen	Sirkka Mikkolainen
1939–40	No competition held due to the Winter War
1940–41		Maj-Len Helin
1941–42		Maj-Len Helin
1942–43		Maj-Len Helin
1943–44		Maj-Len Helin
1944–45		Maj-Len Helin
1945–46		Leena Pietilä
1946–47		Leena Pietilä
1947–48		Kirsti Linna		Riitta Linna
1948–49		Leena Pietilä
1949–50		Leena Pietilä
1950–51		Leena Pietilä
1951–52		Leena Pietilä
1952–53		Leena Pietilä
1953–54		Kiirsti Linna
1954–55	Helsinki	Riitta Linna	Kiirsti Linna	Unknown	[1]
1955–56		Kiirsti Linna
1956–57
1957–58					[22]
1959–60		Kaarina Kukkonen
1960–61		Maire Nylund
1961–62		Pia Wingisaar
1962–63		Anna-Maija Rissanen
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66		Pia Wingisaar
1966–67
1967–68		Inger Melander
1968–69		Anna-Maija Kivimäki
1969–70		Anu-Liisa Numminen
1970–71		Tarja Säde
1971–72		Tarja Näsi
1972–73		Hannele Koskinen
1973–74		Susan Broman
1974–75		Niina Kyöttinen
1975–76
1976–77		Kristiina Wegelius
1977–78		Hannele Koskinen
1978–79		Susan Broman
1979–80		Pia Snellman
1980–81		Kristiina Wegelius
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84		Susanna Peltola
1984–85		Elise Ahonen
1985–86		Elina Hänninen
1986–87		Tiia-Riikka Pietikäinen
1987–88		Elina Hänninen
1988–89
1989–90		Meri Karvosenoja
1990–91		Mila Kajas
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94		Kaisa Kella
1994–95
1995–96		Mila Kajas	Kaisa Kella	Alisa Drei
1996–97		Alisa Drei	Sanna-Maija Wiksten
1997–98	Helsinki		Annukka Laukkanen	Miia Marttinen
1998–99	Joensuu	Sanna-Maija Wiksten	Alisa Drei	Elina Kettunen
1999–2000	Tampere	Susanna Pöykiö
2000–01	Mikkeli	Elina Kettunen		Susanna Pöykiö
2001–02	Helsinki	Susanna Pöykiö	Elina Kettunen	Alisa Drei
2002–03	Turku	Alisa Drei		Miia Marttinen
2003–04	Vantaa	Alisa Drei		Tytti Tervonen
2004–05	Oulu	Susanna Pöykiö	Kiira Korpi	Elina Kettunen
2005–06	Tampere		Alisa Drei	Kiira Korpi	[3]
2006–07	Mikkeli		Laura Lepistö	Alisa Drei
2007–08	Rauma	Laura Lepistö	Kiira Korpi	Susanna Pöykiö	[4]
2008–09	Helsinki	Kiira Korpi	Laura Lepistö		[5]
2009–10	Jyväskylä	Laura Lepistö	Kiira Korpi		[6]
2010–11	Turku	Kiira Korpi	Beata Papp	Cecilia Törn	[7]
2011–12	Tampere		Juulia Turkkila	Beata Papp	[8]
2012–13	Joensuu			Alisa Mikonsaari	[9]
2013–14	Espoo	Juulia Turkkila	Liubov Efimenko	Emilia Toikkanen	[10]
2014–15	Vantaa	Kiira Korpi	Jenni Saarinen	Viveca Lindfors	[11]
2015–16	Mikkeli	Anni Järvenpää		Juulia Turkkila	[12]
2016–17	Tampere	Emmi Peltonen		Viveca Lindfors	[13]
2018	Kouvola		Viveca Lindfors	Jenni Saarinen	[14]
2019		Viveca Lindfors	Emmi Peltonen		[15]
2020	Vantaa	Emmi Peltonen	Jenni Saarinen	Linnea Ceder	[16]
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]
2022	Pori	Jenni Saarinen	Linnea Ceder	Emmi Peltonen	[18]
2023	Joensuu	Janna Jyrkinen	Nella Pelkonen	Minja Peltonen	[19]
2024	Helsinki	Nella Pelkonen	Olivia Lisko	Oona Ounasvuori	[20]
2024–25	Rauma	Olivia Lisko	Linnea Ceder	Janna Jyrkinen	[21]

Pairs

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1910–11		Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson
1920–21
1923–24		Olga Saario / Edvard Linna
1925–26
1926–27
1936–37		Aune Lähteenmäki / Walter Lähteenmäki
1937–38		Hilkka Linna / Edvard Linna	Aune Lähteenmäki / Valter Lähteenmäki	Kaino Saari / Erkki Loimuneva
1938–39		Hilkka Linna / Edvard Linna	Kaino Saari / Erkki Loimuneva
1940	No competition held due to the Winter War
1940–41		Aune Lähteenmäki / Walter Lähteenmäki
1946–47		Leena Pietilä / Biger Nyman
1947–48		Harriet Pantaenius / Lars Björkman
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51		Leena Pietilä / Lars Björkman	Inkeri Soininen / Kalle Tuulos
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54		Inkeri Soininen / Paavo Mäkelä
1954–55	Helsinki	Leena Pietilä / Lasse Björkman	No other competitors		[1]
1955–56		Saile Drufva / Nils Kankonnen
1956–57
1957–58					[23]
1958–59		Marketta Thomenius / Ilkka Varhee
1959–60
1960–61		Soile Drufva / Nils Kankkonen
1961–62		Eeva Sjögren / Ragnar Wikström
1962–63		Kaija Väisänen / Risto Soininen
1963–64
1964–65
1966–67		Tuija Vainikkainen / Raimo Turunen
1981–82		Maija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala
1983–84
1984–85
2002–03	Turku	Suvi Asikainen / Riku Pötry	No other competitors
2016–17	Tampere	Emilia Simonen / Matthew Penasse			[13]
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]
2022	Pori	Milania Väänänen / Mikhail Akulov	No other competitors		[18]
2023	Joensuu	Milania Väänänen Filippo Clerici			[19]
2024	Helsinki				[20]
2025	Rauma				[21]

Ice dance

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1980–81		Saila Saarinen / Kim Jacobson
1983–84		Virpi Kunnas / Petri Kokko
1984–85
1985–86		Susanna Peltola / Kim Jacobson
1986–87		Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92		Katri Uski / Juha Sasi
1992–93		Tuire Mattila / Toni Haahti
1993–94		Katri Kuusniemi / Juha Sasi
1994–95		Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko
1995–96		Katri Kuusniemi / Jamie Walker	Maikki Uotila / Toni Mattila	No other competitors
1996–97		Maikki Uotila / Toni Mattila
1997–98	Helsinki	Maikki Uotila / Michel Bigras	No other competitors
1998–99	Joensuu	Pia-Maria Gustafsson / Antti Grönlund
2001–02	Helsinki	Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama	No other competitors
2002–03	Turku
2003–04	Vantaa
2007–08	Rauma	Piia Juhamo / Niko Jääskeläinen			[4]
2008–09	Helsinki	Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki	Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo	No other competitors	[5]
2009–10	Jyväskylä				[6]
2010–11	Turku	Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo	No other competitors		[7]
2011–12	Tampere		Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm	No other competitors	[8]
2012–13	Joensuu	Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm	Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo		[9]
2013–14	Espoo	Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen	Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm	[10]
2014–15	Vantaa	Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm		No other competitors	[11]
2015–16	Mikkeli	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen	Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm		[12]
2016–17	Tampere		Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis		[13]
2018	Kouvola		Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	Monica Lindfors / Juho Pirinen	[14]
2019		Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	No other competitors		[15]
2020	Vantaa	Yuka Orihara Juho Pirinen	Arina Klinovitskaya / Jussiville Partanen	No other competitors	[16]
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]
2022	Pori	Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	Yuka Orihara Juho Pirinen	No other competitors	[18]
2023	Joensuu				[19]
2024	Helsinki				[20]
2025	Rauma			Daniela Ivanitskiy Matthew Sperry	[21]

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1997–98		Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02		Mikko Minkkinen
2002–03		Tommi Piironen
2003–04
2004–05		Valtter Virtanen
2005–06		Samuli Tyyskä
2006–07
2007–08	Rauma	Bela Papp	Samuli Tyyskä	Otto-Eemeli Laamanen
2008–09	Helsinki	Bela Papp	Matthias Versluis
2009–10	Jyväskylä	Viktor Zubik	Julian Lagus	Bela Papp
2010–11	Turku	Matthias Versluis		Juho Pirinen
2011–12	Tampere	Tino Olenius	Juho Pirinen	Erik Martoma
2012–13	Joensuu			Erik Martoma
2013–14	Espoo	Roman Galay		Tino Olenius
2014–15	Vantaa		Tino Olenius	Juho Pirinen
2015–16	Mikkeli	Kasperi Riihimäki	Lauri Lankila	No other competitors	[12]
2016–17	Tampere	Benjam Papp	Lucas Tiilikainen	Mikla Rasia	[13]
2018	Kouvola		Lauri Lankila		[14]
2019		Lauri Lankila	Lucas Tiilikainen	Nuutti Järvinen	[15]
2020	Vantaa	Jan Ollikainen	Makar Suntsev	Mattias Lindfors	[16]
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]
2022	Pori	Matias Lindfors	Yaroslav Krestyannikov	Arttu Juusola	[18]
2023	Joensuu	Jari Krestyannikov	Matias Heinonen	Severi Varpio	[19]
2024	Helsinki	Matias Heinonen	Anton Erkama	Benjamin Eriksson	[20]
2025	Rauma		Benjamin Eriksson	Anton Erkama	[21]

Women's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1997		Sara Lindroos
1997–98		Susanna Pöykiö
1998–99
1999–2000		Tytti Tervonen
2000–01		Mari Hirvonen
2001–02		Sari Hakola
2002–03		Laura Lepistö
2003–04		Kiira Korpi
2004–05		Laura Lepistö
2005–06		Krista Suhonen
2006–07		Jenni Vähämaa
2007–08	Rauma	Alisa Mikonsaari	Sofia Otala	Sera Väistö
2008–09	Helsinki		Noora Pitkänen	Sofia Otala
2009–10	Jyväskylä	Beata Papp	Cecilia Törn	Timila Shtrestha
2010–11	Turku	Juulia Turkkila	Nea Viiri	Seidi Rantanen
2011–12	Tampere	Eveliina Viljanen	Emilia Toikkanen	Krista Pitkäniemi
2012–13	Joensuu	Lyydia Määttänen	Liubov Efimenko	Jenni Saarinen
2013–14	Espoo	Jenni Saarinen	Emmi Peltonen	Viveca Lindfors
2014–15	Vantaa	Karoliina Luhtonen	Anni Järvenpää	Joanna Kallela
2015–16	Mikkeli	Sallianna Öztürk	Joanna Kallela	Emma Niemi	[12]
2016–17	Tampere	Sofia Sula	Jade Rautiainen	Linnea Ceder	[13]
2018	Kouvola		Vera Stolt	Laura Karhunen	[14]
2019	Kouvola	Fanny Lindfors	Milania Väänänen	Mai Helske	[15]
2020	Vantaa	Nella Pelkonen	Olivia Lisko	Janna Jyrkinen	[16]
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]
2022	Pori	Janna Jyrkinen	Petra Lahti	Iida Karhunen	[18]
2023	Joensuu	Iida Karhunen	Rosa Reponen	Petra Lahti	[19]
2024	Helsinki		Petra Lahti	Karina Innos	[20]
2025	Rauma		Venla Sinisalo	Annika Pellonmaa	[21]

Pairs

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999–2000		Suvi Asikainen / Riku Pötry
2000–01
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]

Ice dance

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1996–97		Jessica Huot / Juha Valkama
1997–98
1999–2000
2000–01
2006–07		Janna Hujanen / Ossi Kanervo
2007–08		Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki
2008–09		Olesia Karmi / Eero Kivinen
2009–10		Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm
2010–11
2011–12		Sara Aghai / Jussiville Partanen
2012–13
2015–16	Mikkeli	Kaisa Ukkonen / Antonio Viitanen	Viola Kumpulainen / Kaius Kumpulainen		[12]
2016–17	Tampere	Monica Lindfors / Juho Pirinen			[13]
2019	Kouvola	Margareta Poutiainen / Mirko Niskanen	No other competitors		[15]
2020	Vantaa	Daniela Ivanitskiy / Samu Kyyhkynen	Sanni Rytkönen / Miitri Niskanen	Margareta Poutiainen / Mirko Niskanen	[16]
2021	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[17]
2022	Pori	Daniela Ivanitskiy / David Goldshteyn	Emma Aalto / Lucas Tiilikainen	Hilda Taylor / Urho Reina	[18]
2023	Joensuu	Hilda Taylor / Urho Reina	No other competitors		[19]
2024	Helsinki	Hilda Taylor / Nolen Hickey	Enna Kesti Oskari Liedenpohja	Cilla Laine Urho Reina	[20]
2025	Rauma	Hilda Taylor Alexander Buchholdt			[21]

References

1. "Skating Around the World" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating Magazine Archive. June 1955. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
2. "Skating Around the World" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating Magazine Archive. June 1958. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
3. "Communication 1404: 2005-2006 Nationals Results" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007.
4. "Results: 2007–2008". Finnish Skating Association. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
5. "Results: 2008–2009". Finnish Skating Association. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
6. "Results: 2009–2010". Finnish Skating Association.
7. "Results: 2010–2011". Finnish Skating Association.
8. "Results: 2011–2012". Finnish Skating Association.
9. "Results: 2012–2013". Finnish Skating Association.
10. "Finnish Championships: 2013–14 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
11. "Finnish Championships: 2014–15 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
12. "Finnish Championships: 2015–16 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. 2 December 2015.
13. "Finnish Championships: 2016–17 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
14. "Finnish Championships: 2017–18 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. December 2017.
15. "Finnish Championships: 2018–19 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. December 2018. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
16. "Finnish Championships: 2019–20 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
17. "Valtakunnallinen Kilpailukalenteri Perutaan, SM-Arvoja Ei Jaeta" [The national competition calendar will be cancelled, the Finnish Championship values will not be distributed]. Finnish Figure Skating Association (in Finnish). 29 January 2021.
18. "Finnish Championships: 2021–22 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. December 2021.
19. "Finnish Championships: 2022–23 Season" (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. December 2022.
20. "Taitoluistelun SM-Kilpailu 2024" [Figure Skating Championship Competition 2024] (in Finnish). Finnish Figure Skating Association. December 2023.
21. "2025 Finnish Nationals". SkatingScores. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
22. "Skating Around the World" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating Magazine Archive. June 1958. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
23. "Skating Around the World" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating Magazine Archive. June 1958. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

External links

• Finnish Figure Skating Association (Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto) Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
• Result archive (in Finnish)
• YLE article on 2007-2008 results (in Finnish)