1978 in Finland

Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
See also:	Other events of 1978; Timeline of Finnish history;

The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Finland.

Incumbents

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

^ ^a ^b Heath-Brown, Nick (2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 460. ISBN 9781349578238.
^ Duplacey, 473
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p630 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ FIS 1978 Cross country results
^ FIS 1978 Nordic combined results
^ FIS 1978 Ski jumping results
^ "Countries and regions A–Z". Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014
^ Puintila, Lauri (2010). Kaappari Lamminparras: Suomen ensimmäisen konekaappauksen tarina (in Finnish). WSOY. ISBN 978-951-0-35501-5.
^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
^ 1978 in Finland at IMDb
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Pete Seppälä MTV3 Biography
^ "Sata it-vaikuttajaa". Tivi. 13 Dec 2013. Retrieved 12 Oct 2015.
^ Huey, Steve. "Biography: Nightwish". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ 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.
^ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography: Apocalyptica". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
^ Podnieks, Andrew (2009-02-03). Collins Gem Hockey 2008-09. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-177379-2.
^ Allmusic "Songwriting Credits of Emppu Vuorinen"
^ Punainen Lanka (Red Yarn) 27 November 2001: Police psychologist Lasse Nurmi speaks about Ilpo Larha (in Finnish)
^ "Jaani Peuhu releases LP Tear Catcher". 22 January 2015.
^ Mikko Leppilampi at IMDb
^ "All About Jazz: Valtteri Laurell Pöyhönen". Retrieved 2017-04-18.
^ "Polar Bear, Susanna Majuri". Finnish National Gallery. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
^ "ASCAP – Raukko, Janita Maria". ASCAP. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ "Nopsajalka". Sony Music. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
^ "Kaare Bache". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ 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.

[Statesman-1] Heath-Brown, Nick (2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 460. ISBN 9781349578238.

[Duplacey-473-2] Duplacey, 473

[DN-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

[ties-7] "Countries and regions A–Z". Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[eaa_01-8] 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.

[Moscow1979-10] "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.

[KKO-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

[Tivi131213-15] "Sata it-vaikuttajaa". Tivi. 13 Dec 2013. Retrieved 12 Oct 2015.

[Huey-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.

[Ankeny-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.

[helo-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.

[FOOTNOTEUola2001-29] Uola 2001.

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