Events in the year 2018 in Finland.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

Sauli Niinistö Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (; born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who has served as president of Finland since March 2012, the 12th person to hold that office. A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Chairman of the National Coalition Pa ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

Juha Sipilä Juha Petri Sipilä (; born 25 April 1961) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2019. A relative newcomer to politics, he has a successful background in business. He was the leader of the Centre Party fr ...

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

Maria Lohela Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, d ...

(until 5 February),

Paula Risikko Paula Risikko (born 4 June 1960, Ylihärmä) is a Finnish politician. She is from Seinäjoki and represents the National Coalition Party. Risikko has previously served as the Minister of Social Services 2011–2014 and Minister of Transport and Lo ...

(from 5 February)

Events

28 January – scheduled date for the

2018 Finnish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistö received 62.7% of the vote and was elected for a second term, avoiding a second round. The term is from 1 March 2018 to 1 February 2024 (if 2024 presid ...

Deaths

*7 January –

Markku Into Markku Into was a Finnish poet and one of the main members in Finnish 1960s underground movement of Turku. Markku Into has written collections of poetry, prose and plays. He has also translated into Finnish such American Beat generation writers as ...

, poet (b. 1945). *9 January –

Heikki Kirkinen Heikki Kirkinen (22 September 1927 in Kuusjärvi – 9 January 2018) was a Finnish historian who was professor of Finnish and European history at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu, Finland. He has been a visiting professor in the Fi ...

, historian (b. 1927). *13 January –

Kaj Czarnecki Kaj Czarnecki (10 September 1936 – 13 January 2018) was a Finnish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially know ...

, fencer (b. 1936) *31 January –

Olavi Mäenpää Olavi Juhani Mäenpää (29 November 1950 – 31 January 2018) was a Finnish politician and former chairperson of the Finnish People's Blue-Whites (''Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, SKS''), a political party aligned with the far-right. He was born ...

, politician (b. 1950) *9 March –

Ulla Nenonen Ulla Pirkko Nenonen (born October 31, 1933, in Loviisa, Finland – 9 March 2018, in Tampere, Finland) was a Finnish theologian, missionary with the Finnish Missionary Society and Bible translator, who served in missionary work in Namibia dur ...

, missionary and Bible translator (b. 1933). *23 March –

Jaakko Pakkasvirta Jaakko Juhani Pakkasvirta (28 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter.Jukka Mikkola Jukka Mikkola (3 July 1943 – 23 March 2018) was a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party. He was a lawyer and has the title Master of Laws. Although born in Vampula, Mikkola has participated in politics in Turku. He was member of ...

, politician (b. 1943) *9 June –

Lauri Linna Lauri Johannes Linna (11 July 1930 – 9 June 2018) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Rural Party (SMP) from 1970 to 1972 and the Finnish People's Unity Party Finnish People's Uni ...

, politician, MP (b. 1930). *21 June –

Katriina Elovirta Katriina Elovirta (15 February 1961 – 19 June 2018) was a Finnish female footballer and was a well known international match referee who served from 1991 to 2003. She served as a referee affiliating with FIFA between 1995 and 2003 She also w ...

, female association footballer and an international match referee (b. 1961). *11 September –

Kalle Könkkölä Kalle Könkkölä Kalle Kustaa Topias Könkkölä (16 January 1950 – 11 September 2018) was a Finnish politician and human rights activist. He was one of the two first Green members of the Finnish Parliament, from 1983 to 1987, even before ...

, politician ( MP) and human rights activist (b. 1950).Kalle Könkkölä on kuollut

References

{{Year in Europe, 2018 2010s in Finland Years of the 21st century in Finland

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...