1978 in Finland

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* Other events of 1978
* Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Finland.

## Incumbents

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* President: Urho Kekkonen[1]
* Prime Minister: Kalevi Sorsa[1]

## Events

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* 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]

### Full date unknown

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* Nuorallatanssijan kuolema eli kuinka Pete Q sai siivet, Finnish rock musical is performed.[11]

## Births

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* 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]

### Full date unknown

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* Nopsajalka (birth name Antti Ilmari Hakala), musician and producer[27]

## Deaths

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

## References

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1. ^ a b Heath-Brown, Nick (2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 460\. ISBN 9781349578238.
2. ^ Duplacey, 473
3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p630 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
4. ^ FIS 1978 Cross country results
5. ^ FIS 1978 Nordic combined results
6. ^ FIS 1978 Ski jumping results
7. ^ "Countries and regions A–Z". Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
8. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014
9. ^ Puintila, Lauri (2010). Kaappari Lamminparras: Suomen ensimmäisen konekaappauksen tarina (in Finnish). WSOY. ISBN 978-951-0-35501-5.
10. ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
11. ^ 1978 in Finland at IMDb
12. ^ Maksimainen, Heini (18 May 2011). "Ihanaa, olen kuin äitini!". Me Naiset (in Finnish). Sanoma. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2016. "Syntynyt 19.1.1978 Kirkkonummella."
13. ^ Paavilainen, Ulla, ed. (2014). Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 2015 [Who’s Who in Finland, 2015] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. p. 255\. ISBN 978-951-1-28228-0.
14. ^ Pete Seppälä MTV3 Biography
15. ^ "Sata it-vaikuttajaa". Tivi. 13 Dec 2013. Retrieved 12 Oct 2015.
16. ^ Huey, Steve. "Biography: Nightwish". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
17. ^ Laakso, Markus (October 20, 2010). "Haastattelussa Paleface: Teräväsanaisia aikalaislauluja nyky-Suomesta". yhteishyva.fi (in Finnish). Yhteishyvä. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
18. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Apocalyptica". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
19. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (2009-02-03). Collins Gem Hockey 2008-09. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-177379-2.
20. ^ Allmusic "Songwriting Credits of Emppu Vuorinen"
21. ^ Punainen Lanka (Red Yarn) 27 November 2001: Police psychologist Lasse Nurmi speaks about Ilpo Larha (in Finnish)
22. ^ "Jaani Peuhu releases LP Tear Catcher". 22 January 2015.
23. ^ Mikko Leppilampi at IMDb
24. ^ "All About Jazz: Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen". Retrieved 2017-04-18.
25. ^ "Polar Bear, Susanna Majuri". Finnish National Gallery. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
26. ^ "ASCAP – Raukko, Janita Maria". ASCAP. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
27. ^ "Nopsajalka". Sony Music. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
28. ^ "Kaare Bache". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
29. ^ Uola 2001.

### Works cited

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* Uola, Mikko (2001). "Oesch, Karl Lennart (1892–1978)". Kansallisbiografia. Studia Biographica (in Finnish). Vol. 4\. Finnish Literature Society. ISSN 1799-4349. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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