2002 in Finland

← 2001 2000 1999 2002 in Finland → 2003 2004 2005
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2002 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened during 2002 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President: Tarja Halonen^[1]
• Prime Minister: Paavo Lipponen^[2]

Events

• 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

• Joakim Oldorff – Finnish Badminton player
• Linnea Ceder – Finnish Figure skater
• Adam Mekki – Finnish Footballer
• Ona Huczkowski – Finnish Actress

Deaths

• Erkki Salmenhaara – Finnish composer and musicologist (died 19 March 2002).

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p606 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Heath-Brown, Nick (2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 460. ISBN 9781349578238.
3. "Myyrmannin pommi-isku järkytti syvästi syksyllä 2002". Elävä arkisto (in Finnish). 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
4. "juwra.com | Rallies - Neste Rally Finland 2002". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 2026-01-22.