← 1977 1976 1975 1978 in Finland → 1979 1980 1981
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1978 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President: Urho Kekkonen^[1]
• Prime Minister: Kalevi Sorsa^[1]

Events

• 2 January – At 1978 IIHF European U18 Championship final game, the Finnish ice hockey defeats Russia.^[2]
• 15–16 January – 1978 Finnish presidential election^[3]
• 18–26 February – FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 are held in Lahti.^[4][5][6]
• 1 July – Finland establishes diplomatic relations with Botswana.^[7]
• 29 August–3 September – Finland sends 33 athletes to the 1978 European Athletics Championships.^[8]
• 30 September – Finnair Flight 405 aircraft is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.^[9]
• 13 October – Poet and Muse drama film is released.^[10]

Births

• 19 January – Laura Närhi, pop singer^[12]
• 28 February – Mikko Innanen, saxophonist and composer^[13]
• 1 March – Pete Seppälä, singer^[14]
• 8 March – Taneli Tikka, entrepreneur and IT influencer^[15]
• 21 April –
  • Jukka Nevalainen, drummer, musician^[16]
  • Paleface (birth name Karri Pekka Matias Miettinen), hip hop musician^[17]
• 11 May – Perttu Kivilaakso, cello player^[18]
• 12 June – Mikko Lehtonen, ice hockey player^[19]
• 24 June – Emppu Vuorinen, guitarist, songwriter^[20]
• 19 July – Ilpo Larha, Finnish criminal.^[21]
• 17 August – Jaani Peuhu, musician, producer, and songwriter^[22]
• 22 September – Mikko Leppilampi, actor, musician, and TV host^[23]
• 23 September – Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen, jazz guitarist, pianist, composer, bandleader and producer^[24]
• 24 November – Susanna Majuri, fine art photographer (died 2020)^[25]
• 28 December – Janita (Janita Maria (née Raukko), Finnish-born, American singer-songwriter^[26]

Deaths

• 13 March – Kaare Bache, triple jumper^[28]
• 28 March – Karl Lennart Oesch, World War II general (born 1892)^[29]

References