Finna* was captured in November 1980 along with Bjossa* and was sent to Saedyrasafnid Aquarium in Iceland. Bjossa*, Finna*, Vigga* and Benkei II* were bought by Vancouver Aquarium but just Bjossa* and Finna* remained at the park. They met the park's bull orca Hyak II*; the three orcas got along really well.

Finna* was actually believed to be a female, that's why he was kept.  Although the park kept 2 bull orcas, it has never been reported that the orcas fought.

The female Bjossa* soon became pregnant by Hyak* twice, but none of her calves survived. When Hyak* died, the trainers hoped Finna* would continue to sire calves. When he reached sexual maturity, he impregnated Bjossa* and she gave birth to her third calf on March 8, 1995; sadly the calf died right after the birth.  Bjossa* was put on birth control after her third unsuccessful pregnancy.

The Vancouver Aquarium planned to sell Finna* to another park in order to get a female companion for Bjossa*. But plans changed when Finna* passed away from an infection and pneumonia, just like his tank mate Hyak*, some years before.

Finna* was a well-trained orca and there was no reported aggression towards his trainers or the other orcas; but trainers never entered the water with him. He will be greatly missed by trainers and visitors who got to met him.

- Finna means "Fair" in Irish
- Finna is pronouced: FIN-ah
- Blood Type:  100% Icelandic

Finna's family is unknown due to the lack of information about Icelandic orcas, and the only known family is his daughter VA-OO-B9501*

Saedyrasafnid Aquarium	November 14, 1980 - December 20, 1980
Vancouver Aquarium	December 20, 1980 - October 6, 1997

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