Finnish Championships in Athletics

The Finnish Championships in Athletics, which are known as Kalevan kisat in Finnish, were first held in Tampere in 1907. Since then, they have been held in a different location every year. In the beginning, women were not allowed to compete in the Finnish Championships.

The Kaleva Cup

In 1909, the personnel at the life insurance company Kaleva donated a trophy called the Kalevan malja or the Kaleva Cup to be awarded to and kept for until the next Championships by the team accumulating the most points during the competition.

In 1909, the Finnish Championships started to be informally referred to as the Kaleva Games because of the name of the cup. At the Championships held in Pori in 1915, the magazine Suomen Urheilulehti started to call the competition the Kaleva Games in its headlines. In 1937, at the Championships held in Vyborg, the Finnish athletics federation called Finnish Athletics (Suomen Urheiluliitto in Finnish) formally declared the name of the Finnish Championships to be the Kaleva Games.

History

Edition Venue Dates
1907
 
Finland Tampere 03.08.1907 – 04.08.1907
1908
 
Finland Kuopio 29.08.1908 – 30.08.1908
1909
 
Finland Helsinki 03.07.1909 – 05.07.1909
1910
 
Finland Viipuri 02.07.1910 – 03.07.1910
1911
 
Finland Tampere 15.07.1911 – 16.07.1911
1912
 
Finland Turku 31.08.1912 – 01.09.1912
1913
 
Finland Helsinki 19.07.1913 – 20.07.1913
1914
 
Finland Helsinki 19.09.1914 – 20.09.1914
1915
 
Finland Pori 14.08.1915 – 15.08.1915
1916
 
Finland Helsinki 19.08.1916 – 20.08.1916
1917
 
Finland Tampere 18.08.1917 – 19.08.1917
1918
 
Finland Helsinki 31.08.1918 – 01.09.1918
1919
 
Finland Turku 16.08.1919 – 17.08.1919
1920
 
Finland Helsinki 03.07.1920 – 04.07.1920
1921
 
Finland Kotka 20.08.1921 – 21.08.1921
1922
 
Finland Helsinki 19.08.1922 – 20.08.1922
1923
 
Finland Kuopio 18.08.1923 – 19.08.1923
1924
 
Finland Lahti 23.08.1924 – 24.08.1924
1925
 
Finland Viipuri 15.08.1925 – 16.08.1925
1926
 
Finland Tampere 14.08.1926 – 15.08.1926
1927
 
Finland Turku 20.08.1927 – 21.08.1927
1928
 
Finland Helsinki 25.08.1928 – 26.08.1928
1929
 
Finland Viipuri 17.08.1929 – 18.08.1929
1930
 
Finland Tampere 16.08.1930 – 17.08.1930
1931
 
Finland Helsinki 15.08.1931 – 16.08.1931
1932
 
Finland Helsinki 06.08.1932 – 07.08.1932
1933
 
Finland Turku 05.08.1933 – 06.08.1933
1934
 
Finland Tampere 28.07.1934 – 29.07.1934
1935
 
Finland Kotka 10.08.1935 – 11.08.1935
1936
 
Finland Turku 22.08.1936 – 23.08.1936
1937
 
Finland Viipuri 06.08.1937 – 08.08.1937
1938
 
Finland Helsinki 06.08.1938 – 08.08.1938
1939
 
Finland Helsinki 26.08.1939 – 28.08.1939
1940
 
Finland Tampere 24.08.1940 – 26.08.1940
1941
 
1942
 
Finland Helsinki 29.08.1942 – 30.08.1942
1943
 
Finland Helsinki 14.08.1943 – 15.08.1943
1944
 
Finland Helsinki 23.09.1944 – 24.09.1944
1945
 
Finland Turku 11.08.1945 – 12.08.1945
1946
 
Finland Helsinki 10.08.1946 – 12.08.1946
1947
 
Finland Tampere 16.08.1947 – 18.08.1947
1948
 
Finland Vaasa 21.08.1948 – 22.08.1948
1949
 
Finland Kymi 20.08.1949 – 21.08.1949
1950
 
Finland Jyväskylä 12.08.1950 – 13.08.1950
1951
 
Finland Helsinki 19.08.1951 – 20.08.1951
1952
 
Finland Seinäjoki 23.08.1952 – 24.08.1952
1953
 
Finland Pori 15.08.1953 – 16.08.1953
1954
 
Finland Turku 12.08.1954 – 13.08.1954
1955
 
Finland Kuopio 13.08.1955 – 14.08.1955
1956
 
Finland Lahti 25.08.1956 – 26.08.1956
1957
 
Finland Tampere 17.08.1957 – 18.08.1957
1958
 
Finland Kouvola 02.08.1958 – 03.08.1958
1959
 
Finland Helsinki 16.08.1959 – 17.08.1959
1960
 
Finland Hämeenlinna 13.08.1960 – 14.08.1960
1961
 
Finland Mikkeli 12.08.1961 – 13.08.1961
1962
 
Finland Lappeenranta 18.08.1962 – 19.08.1962
1963
 
Finland Turku 17.08.1963 – 18.08.1963
1964
 
Finland Oulu 15.08.1964 – 16.08.1964
1965
 
Finland Jyväskylä 07.08.1965 – 08.08.1965
1966
 
Finland Tampere 13.08.1966 – 14.08.1966
1967
 
Finland Pori 11.08.1967 – 13.08.1967
1968
 
Finland Varkaus 16.08.1968 – 18.08.1968
1969
 
Finland Helsinki 16.08.1969 – 18.08.1969
1970
 
Finland Kouvola 14.08.1970 – 16.08.1970
1971
 
Finland Oulu 23.07.1971 – 25.07.1971
1972
 
Finland Joensuu 11.08.1972 – 13.08.1972
1973
 
Finland Hyvinkää 10.08.1973 – 12.08.1973
1974
 
Finland Jyväskylä 09.08.1974 – 11.08.1974
1975
 
Finland Seinäjoki 18.07.1975 – 20.07.1975
1976
 
Finland Turku 02.07.1976 – 04.07.1976
1977
 
Finland Tampere 29.07.1977 – 31.07.1977
1978
 
Finland Kokkola 04.08.1978 – 06.08.1978
1979
 
Finland Helsinki 11.08.1979 – 13.08.1979
1980
 
Finland Lappeenranta 04.07.1980 – 06.07.1980
1981
 
Finland Oulu 07.08.1981 – 09.08.1981
1982
 
Finland Kouvola 13.08.1982 – 15.08.1982
1983
 
Finland Pori 01.07.1983 – 03.07.1983
1984
 
Finland Kajaani 06.07.1984 – 08.07.1984
1985
 
Finland Lahti 16.08.1985 – 18.08.1985
1986
 
Finland Vaasa 25.07.1986 – 27.07.1986
1987
 
Finland Kuopio 14.08.1987 – 16.08.1987
1988
 
Finland Hämeenlinna 05.08.1988 – 07.08.1988
1989
 
Finland Turku 28.07.1989 – 30.07.1989
1990
 
Finland Oulu 03.08.1990 – 05.08.1990
1991
 
Finland Helsinki 27.07.1991 – 29.07.1991
1992
 
Finland Jyväskylä 03.07.1992 – 05.07.1992
1993
 
Finland Mikkeli 30.07.1993 – 01.08.1993
1994
 
Finland Tuusula 08.07.1994 – 10.07.1994
1995
 
Finland Lapua 20.07.1995 – 23.07.1995
1996
 
Finland Tampere 04.07.1996 – 07.07.1996
1997
 
Finland Lappeenranta 17.07.1997 – 20.07.1997
1998
 
Finland Oulu 06.08.1998 – 09.08.1998
1999
 
Finland Seinäjoki 05.08.1999 – 08.08.1999
2000
 
Finland Lahti 17.08.2000 – 20.08.2000
2001
 
Finland Turku 06.07.2001 – 08.07.2001
2002
 
Finland Joensuu 18.07.2002 – 21.07.2002
2003
 
Finland Helsinki 09.08.2003 – 11.08.2003
2004
 
Finland Vaasa 30.07.2004 – 01.08.2004
2005
 
Finland Pori 15.07.2005 – 17.07.2005
2006
 
Finland Jyväskylä 21.07.2006 – 23.07.2006
2007
 
Finland Lappeenranta 03.08.2007 – 05.08.2007
2008
 
Finland Tampere 24.07.2008 – 27.07.2008
2009
 
Finland Espoo 31.07.2009 – 02.08.2009
2010
 
Finland Kajaani 05.08.2010 – 08.08.2010
2011
 
Finland Turku 04.08.2011 – 07.08.2011
2012
 
Finland Lahti 23.08.2012 – 26.08.2012

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