2018 in Finland

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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

Markku Into

Kalle Könkkölä

• 7 January – Markku Into, poet (b. 1945).^[1]
• 9 January – Heikki Kirkinen, historian (b. 1927).^[2]
• 13 January – Kaj Czarnecki, fencer (b. 1936)
• 31 January – Olavi Mäenpää, politician (b. 1950)
• 9 March – Ulla Nenonen, missionary and Bible translator (b. 1933).^[3]
• 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).^[4]
• 21 June – Katriina Elovirta, female association footballer and an international match referee (b. 1961).^[5]
• 11 September – Kalle Könkkölä, politician (MP) and human rights activist (b. 1950).^[6]

References

1. "Suomalaisen undergroundin ikoni Markku Into on kuollut". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
2. "Emeritusprofessori Heikki Kirkinen on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
3. Vuonna 2018 kuolleet lähetysseniorit (in Finnish)
4. Lauri Linna on kuollut (in Finnish)
5. UEFA.com. "Finnish football mourns Katriina Elovirta". UEFA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
6. Kalle Könkkölä on kuollut (in Finnish)