2017 in Finland

Incumbents

• President: Sauli Niinistö
• * Prime Minister: Juha Sipilä

  Legislative

• Speaker: Maria Lohela
• * First Deputy Speaker: Mauri Pekkarinen
• * Second Deputy Speaker: Arto Satonen

  Events

February

• 22 February – Opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017, hosted in Lahti.

  March

• 1 March – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Finland.
• 28 March – AS Long as Possible, a GIF-based artwork scheduled to play for 1000 years, launches at the Finnish National Gallery.

  August

• 18 August – 2 people are killed and 8 injured in Turku in the first terrorist attack in Finland since World War II.

  December

• 6 December – Finland celebrates 100 years of independence; the Finnish Prime Minister's Office had earlier created the Finland 100 Years organization to arrange a series of jubilee events.

  Deaths

• May 12: Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician, former president