2018 in Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2018 Timeline of Finnish history ← 2017 2016 2015 2018 in Finland → 2019 2020 2021 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2018 Timeline of Finnish history Events in the year 2018 in Finland. 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 ↑ "Suomalaisen undergroundin ikoni Markku Into on kuollut". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 January 2018. ↑ "Emeritusprofessori Heikki Kirkinen on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 January 2018. ↑ Vuonna 2018 kuolleet lähetysseniorit (in Finnish) ↑ Lauri Linna on kuollut (in Finnish) ↑ UEFA.com. "Finnish football mourns Katriina Elovirta". UEFA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018. ↑ Kalle Könkkölä on kuollut (in Finnish) vte Years in Finland Pre-1917 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 vte2018 in EuropeSovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City States with limitedrecognition Abkhazia Artsakh Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Related Articles
