title: 2021 in Finland
text: # 2021 in Finland
  
  Events in the year 2021 in Finland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Sauli Niinistö
  * Prime Minister: Sanna Marin
  * Eduskunta/Riksdag: 2019-2023 Eduskunta/Riksdag
  * Speaker of the Eduskunta/Riksdag: Anu Vehviläinen
  
  ## Events
  
  Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
  
  * July 6, 2021 - Lapland recorded its highest temperature in over a century.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  ### January
  
  * 13 January
     * Pave Maijanen, rock musician (b. 1950)
     * Sinikka Nopola, writer and journalist (b. 1953)
  * 14 January – Yrjö Rantanen, 70, Finnish chess grandmaster.
  * 16 January – Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish musician (Hurriganes, Dingo), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  * 22 January
     * Pirkko Liinamaa [fi], radio and television presenter (b. 1932)
     * Raimo Suikkanen, 78, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist (1968, 1972).
  * 27 January – Tiina Rinne, actress (b. 1929)
  
  ### February
  
  * 12 February – Paavo Pystynen, 89, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1964).
  * 14 February – Finn Knutsen, 88, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1989).
  * 16 February – Heikki Laurila [fi], studio musician (b. 1934)
  * 17 February – Jyrki Yrttiaho, 68, Finnish politician, MP (2007–2015).
  
  ### March
  
  * 5 March – Aulis Sipponen, 92, Finnish Olympic skier (1952).
  * 8 March – Risto Aaltonen, 81, Finnish actor (Leikkikalugangsteri, Crime and Punishment, Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle).
  * 13 March – Pentti Lasanen [fi], jazz musician (b. 1936)
  * 17 March – Kristian Gullichsen, 88, Finnish architect.
  