Events in the year 2008 in Finland.

Incumbents

* President – Tarja Halonen * Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen * Speaker –

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 Part ...

Events

*October – the

2008 Finnish municipal elections Finnish municipal election, 2008 was held in 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 ...

Deaths

*28 January – Tapio Hämäläinen, actor and theater counsellor (b. 1922) *28 January –

Faina Jyrkilä Faina Jyrkilä (1917-2008) was the first female Finnish sociologist. She also was one of the first sociologists to study aging. Biography Faina Jyrkilä was born 1 September 1917 in Sortavala, Finland, graduating from high school in 1941 and com ...

, sociologist (b. 1917) *9 February – Martti Linna, farmer and politician (b. 1911). *27 February – Mandi Lampi, actress and singer (b. 1988). *17 March – Ola Rosendahl, agronomist, farmer and politician (b. 1939) *18 March – Jyrki Hämäläinen, magazine editor and biographer (b. 1942) *18 March –

Mia Permanto Hanna-Mia Permanto (April 21, 1988 – March 18, 2008) was a Finnish pop singer and radio host. She was placed sixth in the '' Idols'' finals of 2007. Early life and family Permanto was raised in Stockholm, Sweden, but she decided to move to Finl ...

, pop singer and radio host (b. 1988) *7 April –

Esko Tommola Esko Tommola (3 August 1930 – 7 April 2008) was a Finnish newsreader. He presented the MTV3's Ten News with Leena Kaskela Leena Kaskela (née Rousek; 25 December 1939 in Turku - 2 December 2017 in Helsinki) was a Finnish news reporter on MTV ...

, newsreader (b. 1930) *10 June –

Eero Mäkelä Eero Mäkelä (December 11, 1942 – June 10, 2008) was a Finnish chef. His Palace Gourmet restaurant was the first in Finland to win a Michelin star and became a Le Cordon Bleu, Cordon Bleu in 1974. Eero Mäkelä was born in Turku. He first org ...

, chef (b. 1942) *25 August – Pehr Henrik Nordgren, composer (b. 1944) *3 September – Aarno Karhilo, diplomat (b. 1927) *16 October – Ere Kokkonen, film director (b. 1938) *27 November –

Pekka Pohjola Jussi Pekka Pohjola (13 January 1952 – 27 November 2008) was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was also a classically trained pianist and violinist. Pohjola rose to fame as the bas ...

, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer (b. 1952)

References

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