2010 in Finland

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See also:	Other events of 2010 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened in 2010 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President – Tarja Halonen
• Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen, Mari Kiviniemi

Events

• 12-28 February – 95 athletes competed for Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• 21 November to 2 December – the 10th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition took place in Helsinki

Deaths

Harry Siljander

• 8 January – Tony Halme, politician and martial artist (b. 1963)
• 8 January – Rolf Koskinen, orienteering competitor (b. 1939)
• 27 February – Helge Herala, stage and film actor (b. 1922)
• 30 April – Jorma Peltonen, ice hockey player (b. 1944)
• 5 May – Harry Siljander, light-heavyweight boxer (b. 1922).^[1]
• 31 May – Olli Laiho, gymnast (b. 1943).^[2]
• 13 July – Pentti Linnosvuo, sport shooter (b. 1933).^[3]
• 16 September – Erkki Ertama, composer and conductor (b. 1927)
• 3 November – Pentti Uotinen, ski jumper (b. 1931)
• 9 December – Thorvald Strömberg, sprint canoer (b. 1931).^[4]

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