Editing Pride parade (section)

====Finland====
[[File:Helsinki Pride Parade I (5897488480).jpg|thumb|[[Senate Square, Helsinki]], [[Helsinki Pride|2011 Helsinki Pride parade]]]]
The [[Helsinki Pride]] was first organized in 1975 and called ''Freedom Day''. It has grown into one of the biggest Nordic Pride events. Between 20,000 and 30,000 people participate in the Pride and its events annually, including a number of international participants from the Baltic countries and Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helsinkipride.fi/|title=Helsinki Pride|publisher=Helsinki Pride|access-date=July 10, 2016|archive-date=July 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705120413/http://www.helsinkipride.fi/|url-status=dead}}</ref> There have been a few incidents over the years, the most serious one being a gas and pepper spray attack in 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/six_suspects_in_helsinki_pride_gas_attack/5608930|title=Six Suspects in Helsinki Pride Gas Attack|date=August 4, 2010|publisher=YLE|access-date=July 10, 2016 }}</ref> hitting around 30 parade participants, among those children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/gas_attack_on_pride_parade_premeditated/5591152|title=Gas Attack on Pride Parade "Premeditated"|date=July 4, 2010|publisher=YLE|access-date=July 10, 2016 }}</ref> Three men were later arrested.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In addition to Helsinki, several other Finnish cities such as [[Tampere]], [[Turku]], [[Lahti]], [[Oulu]] and [[Rovaniemi]] have hosted their own Pride events. Even small [[Savonia (historical province)|Savonian]] town of [[Kangasniemi]] with just 5,000 inhabitants hosted their own Pride first time in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutiset/lahella/kangasniemi-pride-kulkue-tukki-kirkonkylan-keskustan-295941|title=Kangasniemi Pride -kulkue tukki kirkonkylän keskustan|publisher=Länsi-Savo|access-date=July 10, 2016|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006104654/http://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutiset/lahella/kangasniemi-pride-kulkue-tukki-kirkonkylan-keskustan-295941}}</ref>