1978 in Finland

Incumbents

• President: Urho Kekkonen
• Prime Minister: Kalevi Sorsa

  Events

• 2 January – At 1978 IIHF European U18 Championship final game, the Finnish ice hockey defeats Russia.
• 15–16 January – 1978 Finnish presidential election
• 18–26 February – FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 are held in Lahti.
• 1 July – Finland establishes diplomatic relations with Botswana.
• 29 August–3 September – Finland sends 33 athletes to the 1978 European Athletics Championships.
• 30 September – Finnair Flight 405 aircraft is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.
• 13 October – Poet and Muse drama film is released.

  Full date unknown

• Nuorallatanssijan kuolema eli kuinka Pete Q sai siivet, Finnish rock musical is performed.

  Births

• 19 January – Laura Närhi, pop singer
• 28 February – Mikko Innanen, saxophonist and composer
• 1 March – Pete Seppälä, singer
• 8 March – Taneli Tikka, entrepreneur and IT influencer
• 21 April –
• *Jukka Nevalainen, drummer, musician
• *Paleface, hip hop musician
• 11 May – Perttu Kivilaakso, cello player
• 12 June – Mikko Lehtonen, ice hockey player
• 24 June – Emppu Vuorinen, guitarist, songwriter
• 19 July – Ilpo Larha, Finnish criminal.
• 17 August – Jaani Peuhu, musician, producer, and songwriter
• 22 September – Mikko Leppilampi, actor, musician, and TV host
• 23 September – Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen, jazz guitarist, pianist, composer, bandleader and producer
• 24 November – Susanna Majuri, fine art photographer
• 28 December – Janita, Finnish-born, American singer-songwriter

  Full date unknown

• Nopsajalka, musician and producer

  Deaths

• 13 March – Kaare Bache, triple jumper
• 28 March – Karl Lennart Oesch, World War II general

  Works cited