List of massacres in Finland


The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Finland :
NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Åbo BloodbathNovember 10, 1599Turku14
Klaukkala axe murdersMay 10, 1899Nurmijärvi7
Toijala executions-15.4 1918Toijala100
Toijala executions25.4.-3.6 1918Toijala122
Koria massacre1918Kouvola120
Varkaus executionsVarkaus170-180
Suinula massacreJanuary 31, 1918Kangasala17Thirty seriously wounded.
Vihti executionsFebruary 1, 1918Vihti18
Nurmijärvi murdersFebruary 1, 1918Nurmijärvi4
Pori lyceum massacreFebruary 6, 1918Pori11
Lottery of HuruslahtiFebruary 21, 1918Varkaus90
Harmoinen sanatorium massacreMarch 10, 1918Kuhmoinen13
Koliahde massacreMarch 10, 1918Noormarkku16
Länkipohja massacreMarch 16, 1918Jämsä80
Kuurila train murdersApril 19, 1918Hämeenlinna23
Lappeenranta massacreApril 25, 1918Lappeenranta23
Viipuri County Prison massacreApril 27–28, 1918Viipuri30
Valkeakoski Women's Guard massacreMay 1, 1918Valkeakoski36
Tampere executionsApril–May, 1918Tampere600
Viipuri cleansingApril–June, 1918Viipuri400Massacre of ethnic Russians and foreigners
Perttula executionsMay 18–24, 1918Nurmijärvi21Seven of the victims were murdered on the eighteenth, five on the nineteenth, two on the twentieth, five on the twenty-first and one on the twenty-fourth. One of the victims, Kalle Fredrik Aaltio, was decapitated on May 19, 1918. As were three other individuals on May 21 of that same year.
Västankvarn executionsMay 2–26, 1918Inkoo60+
Karhiniemi axe murdersMarch 17, 1943Huittinen6
Soso railway stop murdersApril 3, 1953Muhos4
Korppinen police murdersMarch 7, 1969Pihtipudas4
Raumanmeri school shootingJanuary 24, 1989Rauma2
Kotka murdersApril 18–19, 1994Kotka3
Helsinki Shooting Club killingsFebruary 21, 1999Helsinki31 injured
Myyrmanni bombingOctober 11, 2002Vantaa7166 injured
Jokela school shootingNovember 7, 2007Tuusula91 injured
Kauhajoki school shootingSeptember 23, 2008Kauhajoki111 injured
Sello mall shootingDecember 31, 2009Espoo6-
Hyvinkää shootingMay 26, 2012Hyvinkää28 injured
2017 Turku attackAugust 18, 2017Turku28 injured + attacker injured