Events from the year 1991 in Finland
Events
- 17 March - 1991 Finnish parliamentary election
- 18 April - The first of the Hausjärvi Gravel Pit Murders is discovered.
- 20 October - 1991 Ålandic legislative election
Establishments
- 12 "Wilderness Areas" are established in Lapland:
- 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
- Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
- List of number-one singles of 1991 (Finland)
Sports
Finnish people were in
- 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships
- 1991 Men's European Volleyball Championship
- 1991 European Figure Skating Championships
Births
- 3 June - Sami Vatanen, ice hockey defenceman
Deaths
- 12 March – Ragnar Granit, neuroscientist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1900)
- 30 August - Joel Pekuri, diplomat (born 1927)
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