1978 in Finland

none 1978 The following lists events that occurred in 1978 in Finland. Incumbents President: Urho Kekkonen Prime Minister: Kalevi SorsaHeath-Brown Nick The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World 2017 Springer 9781349578238 460 https://books.google.com/books?id=lDkUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA460 en 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 978-3-8329-5609-7 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.Countries and regions A–Z http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US April 1, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US March 30, 2018 29 August–3 September – Finland sends 33 athletes to the 1978 European Athletics Championships. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 420–427 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 30 September – Finnair Flight 405 aircraft is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.Lauri Puintila Kaappari Lamminparras: Suomen ensimmäisen konekaappauksen tarina WSOY 2010 978-951-0-35501-5 fi 13 October – Poet and Muse drama film is released.http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979) 20 January 2013 MIFF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102012/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1979 3 April 2014 Full date unknown Nuorallatanssijan kuolema eli kuinka Pete Q sai siivet, Finnish rock musical is performed.0810992 Births 19 January – Laura Närhi, pop singerhttp://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ihmissuhteet/ihanaa_olen_kuin_aitini Ihanaa, olen kuin äitini! Maksimainen Heini 18 May 2011 Me Naiset Sanoma Finnish https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152823/http://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ihmissuhteet/ihanaa_olen_kuin_aitini 22 February 2014 14 December 2016 Syntynyt 19.1.1978 Kirkkonummella. dead 28 February – Mikko Innanen, saxophonist and composerPaavilainen, Ulla Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 2015 255 Helsinki Otava 2014 978-951-1-28228-0 Who’s Who in Finland, 2015 Finnish 1 March – Pete Seppälä, singerPete Seppälä MTV3 Biography 8 March – Taneli Tikka, entrepreneur and IT influencer http://www.tivi.fi/Arkisto/2013-12-13/Sata-it-vaikuttajaa-2013-3206349.html Sata it-vaikuttajaa Tivi 13 Dec 2013 12 Oct 2015 21 April – Jukka Nevalainen, drummer, musicianartist p373181/biography yes Biography: Nightwish Huey Steve Allmusic 11 June 2010 Paleface (birth name Karri Pekka Matias Miettinen), hip hop musicianhttp://www.yhteishyva.fi/viihde/haastattelut/haastattelussa_paleface/fi_FI/haastattelussa_paleface_teravasanaisia_aikalaislauluja_nykysuomesta/ Haastattelussa Paleface: Teräväsanaisia aikalaislauluja nyky-Suomesta Laakso, Markus October 20, 2010 yhteishyva.fi Yhteishyvä Finnish July 28, 2011 dead https://archive.today/20120526064028/http://www.yhteishyva.fi/viihde/haastattelut/haastattelussa_paleface/fi_FI/haastattelussa_paleface_teravasanaisia_aikalaislauluja_nykysuomesta/ May 26, 2012 11 May – Perttu Kivilaakso, cello playerartist p203437/biography yes Biography: Apocalyptica Ankeny Jason Allmusic 12 June 2010 12 June – Mikko Lehtonen, ice hockey playerPodnieks Andrew https://books.google.com/books?id=WObh3ND_EFkC&dq=Mikko+Lehtonen+hockey&pg=PA31 Collins Gem Hockey 2008-09 2009-02-03 Harper Collins 978-0-06-177379-2 en 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 fi 17 August – Jaani Peuhu, musician, producer, and songwriterhttp://fourculture.com/jaani-peuhu-releases-lp-tear-catcher/ Jaani Peuhu releases LP Tear Catcher 22 January 2015 22 September – Mikko Leppilampi, actor, musician, and TV host1285112 Mikko Leppilampi 23 September – Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen, jazz guitarist, pianist, composer, bandleader and producerhttps://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/valtterilaurellpoyhonen All About Jazz: Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen 2017-04-18 24 November – Susanna Majuri, fine art photographer (died 2020)https://www.kansallisgalleria.fi/fi/object/644831 Polar Bear, Susanna Majuri 2020-03-12 Finnish National Gallery 28 December – Janita (Janita Maria (née Raukko), Finnish-born, American singer-songwriterhttp://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1570773&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1 ASCAP – Raukko, Janita Maria ASCAP 28 February 2009 Full date unknown Nopsajalka (birth name Antti Ilmari Hakala), musician and producerNopsajalka http://www.nopsajalka.com/ Sony Music 24 March 2014 Deaths February 2023 13 March – Kaare Bache, triple jumperhttps://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74104 Kaare Bache Olympedia 20 July 2021 28 March – Karl Lennart Oesch, World War II general (born 1892)Uola 2001 References Works cited Uola Mikko 2001 Oesch, Karl Lennart (1892–1978) Kansallisbiografia Studia Biographica 4 https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/935 23 June 2022 Finnish Literature Society 1799-4349 Finnish 1978 Category:1970s in Finland Finland Finland Category:Years of the 20th century in Finland