2018 in Finland
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{{Year in Finland |2018}}
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
- 7 January – Markku Into, poet (b. 1945).{{cite web |title = Suomalaisen undergroundin ikoni Markku Into on kuollut |url= https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/201801072200651274 |website = iltalehti.fi |language=fi |access-date=8 January 2018 }}
- 9 January – Heikki Kirkinen, historian (b. 1927).{{cite web |title = Emeritusprofessori Heikki Kirkinen on kuollut |url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10028076 |website = yle.fi |language=fi |access-date=21 January 2018 }}
- 13 January – Kaj Czarnecki, fencer (b. 1936)
- 31 January – Olavi Mäenpää, politician (b. 1950)
- 9 March – Ulla Nenonen, missionary and Bible translator (b. 1933).[https://www.lahetysseniorit.fi/ilossa_ja_surussa/vuonna-2018-kuolleet-lahetysseni/ Vuonna 2018 kuolleet lähetysseniorit] {{in lang|fi}}
- 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).[https://www.kp24.fi/lehti/keskipohjanmaa/539660/lauri-linna-on-kuollut Lauri Linna on kuollut] {{in lang|fi}}
- 21 June – Katriina Elovirta, female association footballer and an international match referee (b. 1961).{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/history/obituaries/newsid=2563416.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622063742/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/history/obituaries/newsid=2563416.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2018|title=Finnish football mourns Katriina Elovirta|last=UEFA.com|website=UEFA|language=en|access-date=22 June 2018}}
- 11 September – Kalle Könkkölä, politician (MP) and human rights activist (b. 1950).[https://www.uusimaa.fi/artikkeli/702063-kalle-konkkola-on-kuollut Kalle Könkkölä on kuollut] {{in lang|fi}}
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