title: 2008 in Finland
text: # 2008 in Finland
  
  Events in the year 2008 in Finland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President – Tarja Halonen
  * Prime Minister – Matti Vanhanen
  * Speaker – Sauli Niinistö
  
  ## Events
  
  * October – the 2008 Finnish municipal elections
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 28 January – Tapio Hämäläinen, actor and theater counsellor (b. 1922)
  * 28 January – Faina Jyrkilä, 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, pop singer and radio host (b. 1988)
  * 7 April – Esko Tommola, newsreader (b. 1930)
  * 10 June – Eero Mäkelä, 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, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer (b. 1952)
  