This is a chronological list of shootings, stabbings, and similar attacks in Finland that have occurred at public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities. Excluded from this list are incidents that solely occurred as a result of police actions, organized crime disputes, and suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.
| Date | Location | Perpetrator(s) | Dead | Injured | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 1981 | Turku | Jarmo Siltala | 1 | 0 | An 18-year-old student attacked a teacher with a shovel, causing serious injuries and eventually succumbing to his injuries weeks later. The suspect was sentenced to 8 years. |
| 12 December 1984 | Kuusankoski | 14-year-old male student | 1 | 0 | A 14-year-old student attacked his 58-year-old geography teacher at Naukio Secondary School before fleeing and later being detained. |
| 25 January 1989 | Rauma | 14-year-old male student | 2 | 0 | Raumanmeri school shooting: A 14-year-old student, shot and killed two students at the Raumanmeri secondary school, before being arrested. |
| 18 February 1999 | Helsinki | 12-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | A student stabbed a teacher in the shoulder at Maunula Primary School in Maunula. [1] |
| 15 April 1999 | Eurajoki | 15-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | A student stabbed a classmate in the arm in the hallway of Eurajoki Secondary School. [2] |
| 27 April 1999 | Vaasa | 20-year-old male | 0 | 1 | A 20-year-old man broke into the Swedish-language secondary school in Porvarinkatu and attacked his ex-girlfriend with scissors. She was later unharmed. [3] |
| 10 January 2001 | Hollola | 15-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | 15-year-old male student stabbed a 14-year-old male student four times with a jackknife after he was attacked. [4] |
| 17 January 2002 | Riihimäki | 14-year-old female student | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old female student shot a 14-year-old male student in the head with an air gun at Pohjolanrinne school. She also shot at doors and windows with the gun. [5] |
| 14 January 2003 | Pori | 15-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | A 15-year-old student seriously injured a 13-year-old classmate with a fillet knife stab to the lung. [6] |
| 30 March 2005 | Rovaniemi | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | The husband of a school cook in Rovaniemi went to the school, where he attacked and left the cook stabbed and slightly injured in the school kitchen. [7] |
| 31 October 2007 | Tampere | 16-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | A stabbing was reported at Steiner Elementary School, with a student with minor injuries from a knife attack by a fellow student of the same age. The attack occurred at 12:50 p.m. [8] |
| 7 November 2007 | Jokela | Pekka-Eric Auvinen | 9 ‡ | 13 (1 by gunfire) | Jokela school shooting: Pekka-Eric Auvinen, entered the school that morning armed with a semi-automatic pistol. He killed eight people and wounded one person at Jokela High School, before shooting himself in the head. |
| 23 September 2008 | Kauhajoki | Matti Juhani Saari | 11 ‡ | 11 (1 by gunfire) | Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Juhani Saari shot and killed ten people with a Walther P22 Target semi-automatic pistol at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, before shooting himself in the head, succumbing to his own injuries hours later. One woman was also injured. |
| 9 January 2012 | Alahärmä | 18-year-old male student | 1 ‡ | 2 (1 stabbed) | An 18-year-old man broke into Alahärmä Higher Secondary School and stabbed an 18-year-old woman in class, causing serious injuries to the victim. The attacker later fled but was killed in an accident when his car collided with a truck. The truck driver suffered minor injuries. [9] |
| 14 February 2012 | Imatra | 16-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | A ninth-grade boy stabbed another boy in the same class in a classroom at Koski School. The boy's injuries were to the chest, but the boy managed to survive and the attacker was detained. [10] |
| 15 October 2012 | Kerava | 13-year-old female student | 0 | 1 | A seventh-grader armed with a knife threatened classmates at Sompio Junior High School. A student who was threatened tried to disarm the attacker, but was stabbed. After the attack, the perpetrator locked herself in a room, and later turned herself in. [11] |
| 10 October 2013 | Oulu | 16-year-old male student | 0 | 4 | A 16-year-old armed with a knife attacked students and staff at Myllytulli Vocational College. Two students were injured in the cafeteria and another student and a caretaker were injured in the school foyer. One of the injured suffered serious injuries but survived. [12] |
| 24 October 2014 | Utsjoki | Marko Toni-Juhani Vehmanen | 1 | 0 | A 31-year-old man armed with a knife went to a school in Utsjoki and fatally attacked a 16-year-old student. He was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison. [13] |
| 2 October 2018 | Vaasa | Ali Rashid Majeed Majeed | 0 | 1 | A 49-year-old man who had ended a relationship with a woman attacked her in the hallways of Vamia Vocational College with a knife, causing minor injuries, before the man was subdued by other adults who were nearby. [14] |
| 1 October 2019 | Kuopio | Joel Otto Aukusti Marin | 1 | 10 ‡ | Kuopio school stabbing: A 25-year-old man armed with a long sword attacked students at Savo Vocational College, leading to the death of a 23-year-old student and the injuries of eight others. A police officer was seriously injured. |
| 23 January 2020 | Tampere | Unnamed male student | 0 | 1 | A student stabbed another student with a knife at Sammo school. [15] |
| 12 April 2022 | Rovaniemi | Unnamed male student | 0 | 1 | A student stabbed another student with a knife in the school cafeteria at Rantavitikka school. [16] |
| 8 March 2023 | Vesala | 13-year-old female student | 0 | 1 | A 13-year-old female student stabbed a male student in the abdomen. [17] |
| 28 March 2023 | Ylivieska | 16-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | A ninth-grader stabbed another ninth grade student in the back at Kaisaniemi school. [18] |
| 10 January 2024 | Liminka | 15-year-old male student | 0 | 1 | A student attacked a classmate around 1 p.m. with a knife and threatened other classmates, before being arrested. [19] |
| 2 April 2024 | Vantaa | 12-year-old male student | 1 | 2 | Viertola school shooting: 12-year-old male student fired a revolver at three students, all aged 12. One of the victims died and two were seriously injured before he was arrested. |
| 20 May 2025 | Pirkkala | 16-year-old male student | 0 | 3 | A student at Vähäjärvi School attacked 3 girls during a break. Listed the motive as wanting to feel excitement in life and to go to prison in a manifesto. [20] |
| 21 May 2025 | Renko | Unnamed student | 0 | 1 | A student under the age of twelve stabbed another student. [21] |
‡ including the perpetrator