This list of Finnish disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Finnish soil (including Åland) or involved Finnish citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.
100 or more deaths
| Fatalities | Year | Article | Type | Location | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150,000 | 1866–1868 | Finnish famine of 1866–1868 | Famine | Nationwide | |
| 140,000 | 1695–1697 | Great Famine of 1695–1697 | Famine | Nationwide | |
| ~20,000 | 1918–1919 | Spanish flu | Pandemic | Nationwide | [1] |
| 15,000-20,000 | 1710–1711 | Great Northern War plague outbreak | Epidemic | Nationwide | |
| 11,466 | 2020–2021 | COVID-19 pandemic in Finland | Pandemic | Nationwide | |
| 279 | 1915–1916 | Tampere typhoid epidemic 1916 | Epidemic | Tampere, Pirkanmaa | |
| 138 | 1929 | SS Kuru | Shipwreck | Näsijärvi, Tampere, Pirkanmaa |
10 to 99 deaths
Gallery
Kuurila train disaster
Sinking of the Finnish transport K-8
Iittala train accident
1941 Katajanokka explosion
Aero Flight 217
Konginkangas bus disaster
Aero Flight 311
Typpi Oy explosion
Jyväskylä rail accident
Martinkylä train accident
See also
References
- ↑ Ansart, Séverine; Pelat, Camille; Boelle, Pierre-Yves; Carrat, Fabrice; Flahault, Antoine; Valleron, Alain-Jacques (April 2009). "Mortality burden of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic in Europe". Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 3 (3): 99–106. doi:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2009.00080.x. PMC 4634693. PMID 19453486.
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