2015 in Finland

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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President: Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister: Alexander Stubb (until 29 May), Juha Sipilä (from 29 May)
• Speaker: Eero Heinäluoma (until 21 April), Juha Sipilä (from 28 April), (until 29 May), Maria Lohela (from 29 May)

Events

• 19 April – 2015 Finnish parliamentary election was held. As the leader of the largest party, Juha Sipilä of Centre was tasked with forming the new government coalition.
• 29 May – Coalition negotiations ware completed, leading to the formation of the Sipilä cabinet.

Deaths

• 3 January – Jouko Törmänen, 60, ski jumper, Olympic champion (1980)^[1]
• 8 February
  • Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, 75, parapsychologist^[2]
  • Oscar Stenström, 36, racing cyclist^[3]
• 29 June – Rabbe Grönblom, 65, restaurant owner and entrepreneur^[4]
• 2 September – Simo Salminen, 82, comedic actor^[5]

References

1. Olympiavoittaja Jouko Törmänen on kuollut Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
2. Ufologi Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde on kuollut Archived 2015-02-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
3. Cykelprofilen Oscar Stenström är död (in Swedish)
4. "Kotipizzan perustaja Rabbe Grönblom on kuollut". Ilta-Sanomat. 29 June 2015.
5. Näyttelijä Simo Salminen on kuollut (in Finnish)

External links

• Media related to 2015 in Finland at Wikimedia Commons