2016 in Finland information

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Finland. Four pairs of municipalities were merged Hämeenkoski with Hollola, Jalasjärvi with Kurikka...

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...

Finland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Finnish athletes have appeared in every edition of the...

Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against...

The Finland national football team (Finnish: Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international...

its A320neo prototype could land in Bulgaria in November 2016, in its first visit to southeastern Europe after Finland.[citation needed] 31 October Alfa...

results of the 2016 Finnish Athletics Championships. The games, known as Kalevan kisat in Finnish, were first held in Tampere in 1907. The 2016 events were...

The demographics of Finland is monitored by the Statistics Finland (Finnish: Tilastokeskus, Swedish: Statistikcentralen). Finland has a population of...

The educational system in Finland consists of daycare programmes (for babies and toddlers), a one-year "preschool" (age six), and an 11-year compulsory...

The 2016 Rally Finland (formally known as the 66. Neste Rally Finland) was the eighth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship season, an auto racing...

The 2016 Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) is the 62nd season of the Finnish Cup. 125 clubs entered the competition. 14 teams played in the first round. Tolsa v...

Finland is a predominantly Christian nation where 65.2% of the Finnish population of 5.6 million are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland...

Immigration to Finland is the process by which people migrate to Finland to reside in the country. Some, but not all, become Finnish citizens. Immigration...

The economy of Finland is a highly industrialised, mixed economy with a per capita output similar to that of western European economies such as France...

list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Finnish music. 6 – The Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016 Semi-finals was initiated February 6. The next...

Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), known by the pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and...

populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland. Approximately...

Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak...

Crime in Finland is combated by the Finnish police and other agencies. In 2023, Finland had a total of 57 homicides + 355 attempted murders. Half of murders...

cultures [fi]. The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD. Finnish Iron Age cultures...

2016. He briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from...

The politics of Finland take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. Finland is a republic whose head of state is President...

a national pastime in Finland and many Finns visit different sporting events regularly. Pesäpallo is the national sport of Finland, although the most...

military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy, and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard...

kalusto" (PDF) (in Finnish). Finnish Defence Forces. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Puolustusvoimat...

The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist...