1978 in Finland

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See also:	Other events of 1978 Timeline of Finnish history

The following lists events that occurred in 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]

Full date unknown

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

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]

Full date unknown

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

Deaths

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

References

1. 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

• 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.