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 participation/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.
| Finncon | |
|---|---|
 The Guests of Honour of Finncon 2007. | |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Location(s) | varies between Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä and Tampere |
| Country | Finland |
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Attendance | 3000–15000 |
| Organized by | Finncon-yhdistys ry |
| Website | http://www.finncon.org/ |
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 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
| year | dates | city | Guests of Honour | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Helsinki | Brian Aldiss | ||
| 1989 | Helsinki | John Brunner, Tom Ölander | ||
| 1991 | Helsinki | Iain Banks | ||
| 1993 | Helsinki | Terry Pratchett, Bryan Talbot | ||
| 1995 | Jyväskylä | Bruce Sterling, Vonda McIntyre, Storm Constantine | ||
| 1997 | Helsinki | Norman Spinrad, Ian McDonald | ||
| 1999 | Turku | Connie Willis, Philip Pullman | ||
| 2000 | Helsinki | Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod | ||
| 2001 | Jyväskylä | Jonathan Carroll, David Langford, Stelarc, Richard Stallman, Johanna Sinisalo | also the year's Baltcon | |
| 2003 | Turku | Michael Swanwick, Jonathan Clements, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Bjørn Tore Sund, Boris Hurtta | also the year's Eurocon, Baltcon, and Animecon | |
| 2004 | Jyväskylä | Robin Hobb, Gwyneth Jones, John Clute, Cheryl Morgan | also the year's Animecon | |
| 2006 | 18–20 August | Helsinki | Jeff VanderMeer, Risto Isomäki, Justina Robson, Rickard Berghorn | also the year's Animecon |
| 2007 | 14–15 July | Jyväskylä | Ellen Datlow, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, Elizabeth Hand, Cheryl Morgan, Ben Roimola | also the year's Animecon |
| 2008 | 26–27 July | Tampere | Petri Hiltunen, Charles Vess, Farah Mendlesohn, M. John Harrison | also the year's Animecon |
| 2009 | 10–12 July | Helsinki | George R. R. Martin, Alastair Reynolds, Adam Roberts, Jari Lehtinen | also the year's Animecon |
| 2010 | 17–18 July | Jyväskylä | Ellen Kushner, Pat Cadigan, Sari Peltoniemi, Liisa Rantalaiho | |
| 2011 | 15–17 July | Turku | Nalo Hopkinson, Richard Morgan, Himeka, Yukihiro Notsu | also the year's Animecon |
| 2012 | 20–22 July | Tampere | Lois McMaster Bujold, Liz Williams, Irma Hirsjärvi | |
| 2013 | 5–7 July | Helsinki | Aliette de Bodard, J. Pekka Mäkelä, Peter Watts, Stefan Ekman | |
| 2014 | 11–13 July | Jyväskylä | Elizabeth Bear, Hannu Rajaniemi, Jukka Halme | |
| 2016 | 1–3 July | Tampere | Jasper Fforde, Anne Leinonen, Catherynne M. Valente, Eeva-Liisa Tenhunen | |
| 2018 | 14–15 July | Turku | Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff, Merja Polvinen | |
| 2019 | 5–7 July | Jyväskylä | Charles Stross, Kersti Juva, Raine Koskimaa, Cheryl Morgan | |
| 2020 | 10–12 July | Tampere | Mike Carey, Helena Waris, Diane Duane, Vesa Sisättö, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay |