2020 in Finland

Incumbents

• President: Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister: Sanna Marin

  Events

January

• January 27 - Following the developments of COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China, Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Hubei province.
• January 28 - Finnair announced it would be suspending its five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.
• January 29 - COVID-19 pandemic in Finland: 1st confirmed case. A 32-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan sought medical attention in Ivalo and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. She had travelled from Wuhan. She was quarantined at Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi.
• January 30 - Finland's health officials estimated that up to 24 people may have been exposed to the virus.

  February

• February 5 - 3 of the 24 people suspected of being exposed have left Finland by this date, and 14 of the remaining 21 have been quarantined.
• February 26 - Finland's health officials confirmed the second case, a Finnish woman, who made a trip to Milan and was back in Finland on 22 February, tested positive at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.
• February 28 - a Finnish woman who had traveled to Northern Italy, tested positive by the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District and was advised to remain in home isolation.

  March

• March 13 - the remaining part of the 2019–20 Liiga season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  Births

Deaths

• 23 January – Kalevi Tuominen, Hall of Fame basketball player, coach and executive
• 30 January – Jörn Donner, writer, film director and politician
• 28 February – Stig-Göran Myntti, football and bandy player
• 5 March – Susanna Majuri, photographer
• 7 March – Karri Käyhkö, Olympic swimmer
• 11 March – Aarne Kainlauri, Olympic steeplechaser
• 12 March – Juha Harjula, Olympic basketball player
• 19 March - Max Engman, historian and translator
• 26 March - Olavi Borg, professor and politician, Liberal People's Party member of parliament 1972-1975
• 4 April - Pertti Paasio, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1989–1991
• 5 April - Pentti Linkola, writer, ornithologist and ecologist
• 12 April - Mikko Kaasalainen, mathematician
• 15 April - Vesa Törnroos, Olympic sports shooter
• 26 April - Kauko Juhantalo, Centre Party politician
• 8 May - Ritva Valkama, actress
• 9 May - Timo Honkela, computer scientist
• 9 May - Kari Karanko, diplomat
• 26 May - Johanna Ehrnrooth, painter
• 26 May - Jon Hellevig, lawyer and businessman
• 3 June - Veli Lehtelä, rower, Olympic bronze medalist
• 24 June - Gösta Ågren, poet
• 27 June - Arja Tuomarila, singer and continuity announcer
• 12 July - Jarno Sarkula, musician
• 18 July - Jope Ruonansuu, actor, musician and stand-up comedian