2018 in Finland

Events in the year 2018 in Finland.

Incumbents

• President: Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister: Juha Sipilä
• Speaker: Maria Lohela (until 5 February), Paula Risikko (from 5 February)

Events

28 January – scheduled date for the 2018 Finnish presidential election

Deaths

• 7 January – Markku Into, poet (b. 1945).
• 9 January – Heikki Kirkinen, historian (b. 1927).
• 13 January – Kaj Czarnecki, fencer (b. 1936)
• 31 January – Olavi Mäenpää, politician (b. 1950)
• 9 March – Ulla Nenonen, missionary and Bible translator (b. 1933).
• 23 March – Jaakko Pakkasvirta, film director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 23 March – Jukka Mikkola, politician (b. 1943)
• 9 June – Lauri Linna, politician, MP (b. 1930).
• 21 June – Katriina Elovirta, female association footballer and an international match referee (b. 1961).
• 11 September – Kalle Könkkölä, politician (MP) and human rights activist (b. 1950).

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