# Finncon

Finncon is the largest science fiction convention in Finland and, with up to 15,000 participants, one of the largest SF conventions in Europe. Finncon is unique among SF conventions because it has no ticket/membership fee, and is funded primarily on various cultural grants as well as income from traders. The event is organised annually in different cities in Finland.
From 2003 to 2009 and in 2011 the convention included the anime convention Animecon, which boosted the convention's attendance and public visibility significantly. Since then the conventions have separated, and the future of the Finnish Animecon is currently uncertain beyond the 2011 combined Finncon-Animecon.
Finncon 2021 was cancelled due to logistical difficulties of conducting a large scale event during the COVID-19 pandemic while adhering to the event's ethos and criteria of being open to international communities.
Finncon alternates between different cities in Finland without a formal rota. Recently the event has been held almost every year, but occasionally a year is skipped if no city is found to host the event that year.

## Finncons

| ordinal number | year | dates | city | guests of honour | notes |
| 1 | 1986 | | Helsinki | Brian Aldiss | |
| 2 | 1989 | | Helsinki | John Brunner, Tom Ölander | |
| 3 | 1991 | | Helsinki | Iain Banks | |
| 4 | 1993 | | Helsinki | Terry Pratchett, Bryan Talbot | |
| 5 | 1995 | 17-18 June | Jyväskylä | Bruce Sterling, Vonda McIntyre, Storm Constantine | |
| 6 | 1997 | 16-17 August | Helsinki | Norman Spinrad, Ian McDonald | |
| 7 | 1999 | 14-15 August | Turku | Connie Willis, Philip Pullman, Ahrvid Engholm | |
| 8 | 2000 | 18-20 August | Helsinki | Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod | |
| 9 | 2001 | 14-15 July | Jyväskylä | Jonathan Carroll, David Langford, Stelarc, Richard Stallman, Johanna Sinisalo | also the year's Baltcon |
| 10 | 2003 | 1-3 August | Turku | Michael Swanwick, Jonathan Clements, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Bjørn Tore Sund, Boris Hurtta | also the year's Eurocon, Baltcon, and Animecon |
| 11 | 2004 | 10-11 July | Jyväskylä | Robin Hobb, Gwyneth Jones, John Clute, Cheryl Morgan, Toni Jerrman | also the year's Animecon |
| 12 | 2006 | 18–20 August | Helsinki | Jeff VanderMeer, Risto Isomäki, Justina Robson, Rickard Berghorn | also the year's Animecon |
| 13 | 2007 | 14–15 July | Jyväskylä | Ellen Datlow, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, Elizabeth Hand, Cheryl Morgan, Ben Roimola. Jonathan Clements, John Clute, Judith Clute | also the year's Animecon, 7000 visitors |
| 14 | 2008 | 26–27 July | Tampere | Petri Hiltunen, Charles Vess, Farah Mendlesohn, M. John Harrison, Johanna Koljonen and Nina von Rudiger as the duo Ms.Mandu | also the year's Animecon |
| 15 | 2009 | 10–12 July | Helsinki | George R. R. Martin, Alastair Reynolds, Adam Roberts, Jari Lehtinen | also the year's Animecon, Irmelin Sandman Lilius was originally slated to be a guest of honour, however she cancelled for family reasons. |
| 16 | 2010 | 16–18 July | Jyväskylä | Ellen Kushner, Pat Cadigan, Sari Peltoniemi, Liisa Rantalaiho | |
| 17 | 2011 | 15–17 July | Turku | Nalo Hopkinson, Richard Morgan, Himeka, Yukihiro Notsu | also the year's Animecon |
| 18 | 2012 | 20–22 July | Tampere | Lois McMaster Bujold, Liz Williams, Irma Hirsjärvi | |
| 19 | 2013 | 5–7 July | Helsinki | Aliette de Bodard, J. Pekka Mäkelä, Peter Watts, Stefan Ekman | |
| 20 | 2014 | 11–13 July | Jyväskylä | Elizabeth Bear, Hannu Rajaniemi, Jukka Halme | |
| 21 | 2016 | 1–3 July | Tampere | Jasper Fforde, Anne Leinonen, Catherynne M. Valente, Eeva-Liisa Tenhunen | |
| 22 | 2018 | 14–15 July | Turku | Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff, Merja Polvinen | |
| 23 | 2019 | 5–7 July | Jyväskylä | Charles Stross, Kersti Juva, Raine Koskimaa, Cheryl Morgan | |
| 24 | 2020 | 10–12 July | Tampere (virtual) | Mike Carey, Helena Waris, Diane Duane, Vesa Sisättö, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay | |
| 25 | 2022 | 8–10 July | Espoo | Marianna Leikomaa, Malka Older, Magdalena Hai, Marko Hautala | |
| 26 | 2023 | 7–9 July | Tampere | Diane Duane, Helena Waris, Vesa Sisättö, Marek Oziewicz | |
| 27 | 2024 | 5–7 July | Jyväskylä | Ursula Vernon, Tiina Raevaara, Tero Ykspetäjä, Jyrki Korpua | |