2001 in Finland

Decades:	1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s;
See also:	Other events of 2001; Timeline of Finnish history;

The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Finland.

Incumbents

August 24 – Heino murders: Four teenagers murder businessman Martti Heino and his wife Elise Heino in Loppi.^[3]

January 15 – Kaija Siren, 80, architect^[5]
March 3 – Maija Isola, 73, textile designer^[6]
September 7 – Spede Pasanen, 71, television star, film director and inventor, heart attack.^[7]
October 20 – Marko Hirsma, 36, musician, outlaw biker and gangster, murdered^[8]
November 26 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, 58, Finnish-Sami writer, musician, and artist^[9]

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^ "Four youths held over murder of missing couple". Helsingin Sanomat. 30 August 2001. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
^ "Kaapo Kakko Stats and News". NHL. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ Byars, Mel (2004). "Isola, Maija (1927–2001)". The design encyclopedia. Laurence King. ISBN 9781856693493.
^ Speden dramaattiset viime hetket – ”Pertti pelkäsi lääkäreitä” Iltasanomat.fi 2016-09-03
^ "Kahdelle Bandidos-jäsenelle murhasyyte". MTV3. Retrieved 18 February 2002.
^ Gaski, Harald; Haugen, Morten Olsen; Fredriksen, Lill Tove; Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel (2023-03-08), "Nils-Aslak Valkeapää", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2023-08-16