Finnish Olympic Committee

Finnish Olympic Committee
Country/Region	Finland
Code	FIN
Created	1907
Recognized	1907
Continental; Association	EOC
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
President	Jan Vapaavuori
Secretary General	Taina Susiluoto
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi

The Finnish Olympic Committee (Finnish: Suomen Olympiakomitea ry; Swedish: Finlands Olympiska Kommitté rf) is the national Olympic committee in Finland for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[1]

The schools, colleges, universities and other establishments in the programme are organised into local clusters. For example:

The Sotkamo High School works in collaboration with several other schools, colleges and universities as part of the Vuokatti-Ruka Sports Academy.^[2]
The Joensuu Sports Academy is a co-operation network of schools, colleges and universities.^[3]
The Urhea Metropolitan Sports Academy is based in Helsinki and includes the National Olympic Training Centre.^[4]

Others include the Kuortane High School and Sports Academy and the Pajulahti Sports Institute.

Presidents

President	Term
Reinhold Felix von Willebrand^[5]	1907–1919
Ernst Krogius^[6]	1919–1929
Kustaa Levälahti^[7]	1929–1937
Urho Kekkonen^[8]	1937–1946
Wilhelm Lehtinen^[9]	1946–1951
Väinö Karikoski^[10]	1951–1956
Yrjö Valkama^[11]	1956–1961
Jukka Rangell^[12]	1961–1963
Akseli Kaskela^[13]	1963–1969
Jukka Uunila^[14]	1969–1984
Carl-Olaf Homén^[15]	1984–1988
Tapani Ilkka^[16]	1988–2004
Roger Talermo^[17]	2004–2012
Risto Nieminen^[18]	2012–2016
Timo Ritakallio^[19]	2016–present^[1]^[20]