Editing Tarja Halonen (section)

== Criticism ==
Halonen was criticized for her view that the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was handled better in countries with female leaders.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-President Halonen faces criticism for coronavirus-related radio remark|url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/17949-president-halonen-faces-criticism-for-coronavirus-related-radio-remark.html|access-date=2020-08-10|website=www.helsinkitimes.fi|date=10 August 2020|language=en-gb}}</ref>
[[File:Tarja Halonen 2021. aasta Arvamusfestivalil.jpg|thumb|right|Tarja Halonen at the Opinion Festival 2021 in [[Paide]], Estonia.]]

Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-President of Estonia continues to plunder Finnish Soviet era politicians: now in turn Halonen|url= https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/637bf201-fad1-4fa7-9f6c-25b8abb1f03f|date=28 Mar 2022}}</ref> and Finnish author Sofi Oksanen<ref>{{Cite web|title=Author Sofi Oksanen is shocked by Tarja Halonen's views about the Soviet Union and the Baltics|url= https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000008719351.html|date=31 Mar 2022}}</ref> have strongly criticized Halonen for perceived unwillingness to publicly condemn Russia’s hostilities in the past. Notably, after the [[Russo-Georgian War|2008 Russian invasion of Georgia]], Halonen referred to Ilves' concerns as "post-Soviet stress".