2009 in Finland
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The following lists events that happened in 2009 in Finland.
Incumbents
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[edit]- 7 June – 2009 European Parliament election in Finland
- 31 December – the Sello mall shooting
Deaths
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- 1 January – Aarne Arvonen, supercentenarian, oldest living male person in Finland (b. 1897)
- 10 January – Pauli Salonen, Nordic combined skier (b. 1916).[1]
- 23 February – August Kiuru, cross country skier (b. 1922)
- 15 May – Helvi Sipilä, diplomat, lawyer, politician and promoter of women's rights (b. 1915)
- 21 May – Christer Boucht, lawyer, adventure traveller and writer (b. 1911)
- 13 July – Uma Aaltonen, journalist and politician (b. 1940)
- 25 August – Mirja Lehtonen, cross country skier (b. 1942).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pauli Salonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mirja Lehtonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
