Finncon

Finncon

Infobox Convention
name = Finncon


caption =
status =
genre = Science fiction / fantasy
venue =
location = varies between Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä and Tampere
country = Finland
first = 1986
last =
organizer = Finncon-yhdistys ry
filing =
attendance = 8000+
website = http://www.finncon.org/

Finncon is the largest science fiction convention in Finland and, with up to 9000 participants, one of the largests SF conventions in Europe. Finncon is unique among SF conventions because it has no participation/membership fee. The event is organised annually or bi-annually in different cities in Finland.

Past Finncons

"GoH" is an abbreviation of Guest of Honour

*1986 in Helsinki. GoH: Brian Aldiss
*1989 in Helsinki. GoHs: John Brunner, Tom Ölander
*1991 in Helsinki. GoH: Iain Banks
*1993 in Helsinki. Goh: Terry Pratchett
*1995 in Jyväskylä. GoHs: Bruce Sterling, Vonda MacIntyre, Storm Constantine
*1997 in Helsinki. GoHs: Norman Spinrad and Ian McDonald
*1999 in Turku. GoHs: Connie Willis and Philip Pullman
*2000 in Helsinki. GoHs: Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod
*2001 in Jyväskylä, the event was also Baltcon. GoHs: Jonathan Carroll, David Langford, Stelarc, Richard Stallman and Johanna Sinisalo
*2003 in Turku, the event was also Eurocon and Baltcon. GoHs: Michael Swanwick, Jonathan Clements, Steve Sansweet, Carolina Bjällerstedt Mickos
*2004 in Jyväskylä. GoHs: Robin Hobb, Gwyneth Jones, John Clute, Cheryl Morgan
*2006 in Helsinki (18.-20.8.). GoHs: Jeff VanderMeer, Risto Isomäki, Justina Robson, Rickard Berghorn
*2007 in Jyväskylä (14.-15.7.). GoHs: Ellen Datlow, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, Elizabeth Hand, Cheryl Morgan, Ben Roimola
* 2008 in Tampere (26.-27.7.). GoHs: Petri Hiltunen, Charles Vess, Farah Mendlesohn, M. John Harrison

Future Finncons

* 2009 in Helsinki (10.-12.7.). GoHs: George R. R. Martin, Alastair Reynolds
* 2010 in Jyväskylä
* 2011 in Turku

External links

* [http://2009.finncon.org/ Finncon 2009 website] (in English)
* [http://2008.finncon.org/en/ Finncon 2008 website] (in English)
* [http://2007.finncon.org/en/ Finncon 2007 website] (in English)
* [http://2006.finncon.org/ Finncon 2006 website] and [http://finncon-2006.livejournal.com/ Livejournal]


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