2002 in Finland
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The following lists events that happened during 2002 in Finland.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- Kamppi Car Bomb: On 16 July 2002, a car bomb detonated in the Kamppi district of Helsinki. The blast was linked to a rare contract killing.
- Myyrmanni Bombing: On 11 October 2002, a bomb exploded at the Myyrmanni shopping centre in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The attack killed seven people and injured around 159 others, including children.[3]
- Rally Finland 2002, part of the World Rally Championship, is held in Jyväskylä and won by Marcus Grönholm.[4]
Births
[edit]- Joakim Oldorff – Finnish Badminton player
- Linnea Ceder – Finnish Figure skater
- Adam Mekki – Finnish Footballer
- Ona Huczkowski – Finnish Actress
Deaths
[edit]- Erkki Salmenhaara – Finnish composer and musicologist (died 19 March 2002).
References
[edit]- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Heath-Brown, Nick (2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 460. ISBN 9781349578238.
- ↑ "Myyrmannin pommi-isku järkytti syvästi syksyllä 2002". Elävä arkisto (in Finnish). 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ "juwra.com | Rallies - Neste Rally Finland 2002". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
