June 13 – The city council of Pello offers 50 euro to each Finnish speaking taxpayer who changes language to Swedish in order to secure the bilingual Finnish-Swedish regime.[2]
June 24 – A new coalition government takes office in Finland, the first led by a Swedish-speaking Finn since 1959.[3]
July
July 24 – In Herat, Afghanistan, two Finnish women working for a foreign aid organization are shot and killed.[4]
July 25 – Vietnamese authorities confirm that a shipment of Vietnamese-owned air-to-air missile parts bound for Ukraine was detained by Finland on June 24 after raising concerns the consignment of military hardware violated arms-export regulations.[5]
November
November 28 – The Parliament of Finland votes to allow same-sex marriage, marking the first time that a citizens' initiative has received lawmakers' blessing to be written into the legislation.[6]
