The following lists events that occurred in 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.Duplacey, 473 15–16 January – 1978 Finnish presidential electionDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p630 18–26 February – FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 are held in Lahti.FIS 1978 Cross country resultsFIS 1978 Nordic combined resultsFIS 1978 Ski jumping results 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, singerPete Seppälä MTV3 Biography 8 March – Taneli Tikka, entrepreneur and IT influencer 21 April – Jukka Nevalainen, drummer, musician Paleface (birth name Karri Pekka Matias Miettinen), hip hop musician 11 May – Perttu Kivilaakso, cello player 12 June – Mikko Lehtonen, ice hockey player 24 June – Emppu Vuorinen, guitarist, songwriterAllmusic "Songwriting Credits of Emppu Vuorinen" 19 July – Ilpo Larha, Finnish criminal.Punainen Lanka (Red Yarn) 27 November 2001: Police psychologist Lasse Nurmi speaks about Ilpo Larha 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 (died 2020) 28 December – Janita (Janita Maria (née Raukko), Finnish-born, American singer-songwriter
Full date unknown Nopsajalka (birth name Antti Ilmari Hakala), musician and producer
Deaths
13 March – Kaare Bache, triple jumper 28 March – Karl Lennart Oesch, World War II general (born 1892)
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