1917 in Finland
Events in the year 1917 in Finland.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Nicholas II
- Governor-General of Finland: Franz Albert Seyn, Nikolai Nekrasov
- Vice Chairman of the Economic Division: Mikhail Borovitinov, Anders Wirenius
- [Senate of Finland|Chairman of the Senate of Finland|Senate of Finland]: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Establishments
- Confederation of Salaried Employees
- Finnish Musicians' Union
- Genealogical Society of Finland
- Helsingin Palloseura
- Hyvinkää
- Kerberos (magazine)
- League of Workers Association Youth
- White Guard (Finland)
Events
- 16 March – Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrested
- 19 March – Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich became the new Governor-General of Finland
- 26 March – Oskari Tokoi is appointed as the Chairmen of the Senate
- 18 July – Parliament of Finland accepts the Act of Rule of Law
- 31 July – Provisional government of Russia dissolves the Parliament of Finland
- 17 August – Oskari Tokoi resigns from the Senate, E.N. Setälä takes his place
- 17 September – Nikolai Nekrasov become the new Governor-General of Finland
- 1–2 October – 1917 Finnish parliamentary election
- 27 November – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is appointed as Chairman of the Senate, becoming the first Prime Minister of Finland.
- 4 December – Svinhufvud senate declares Independence of Finland
- 6 December – Finnish Declaration of Independence: Finland declares its independence from the Russian Empire following the Bolsheviks taking power.
- 31 December –
- * Soviet government recognizes the Independence of Finland
- * Åland declares itself as part of Sweden