Events from the year 1991 in Finland
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Events
edit- 17 March - 1991 Finnish parliamentary election[1]
- 18 April - The first of the Hausjärvi Gravel Pit Murders is discovered.[2]
- 20 October - 1991 Ålandic legislative election[3]
Establishments
edit- 12 "Wilderness Areas" are established in Lapland:[4]
- Hammastunturi Wilderness Area
- Kaldoaivi Wilderness Area
- Käsivarsi Wilderness Area
- Kemihaara Wilderness Area
- Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area
- Paistunturi Wilderness Area
- Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area
- Pulju Wilderness Area
- Tarvantovaara Wilderness Area
- Tsarmitunturi Wilderness Area
- Tuntsa Wilderness Area
- Vätsäri Wilderness Area
Culture
editSports
editFinnish people were in
Births
edit- 3 June - Sami Vatanen, ice hockey defenceman
Deaths
edit- 12 March – Ragnar Granit, neuroscientist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1900)[5]
- 30 August - Joel Pekuri, diplomat (born 1927)[6]
References
edit- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Victim of a sadistic killing was discovered under a birch - the investigators reveal new information about the last day of Tuula Lukkarinen" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Taylor & Francis Group (2004). Europa World Year, Book 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 1661. ISBN 1-85743-254-1.
- ^ Personal, Societal, and Ecological Values of Wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress Proceedings on Research, Management, and Allocation. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 1998. p. 51.
- ^ Emily J. McMurray (1995). Notable Twentieth-century Scientists: F-K. Gale Research. p. 811. ISBN 9780810391833.
- ^ "Suurlähettiläs Joel Pekuri". Helsingin Sanomat. 6 September 1991. Retrieved 21 July 2021.