1979 in Finland

The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Finland.

← 1978 1977 1976 1979 in Finland → 1980 1981 1982
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1979 Timeline of Finnish history

Incumbents

• President: Urho Kekkonen^[1]
• Prime Minister: Kalevi Sorsa (until 26 May); Mauno Koivisto (from 26 May)^[1]

Events

• 10 October – The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.^[2]

Births

• 1 February – Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, cross-country skier
• 19 February – Mariska, rapper, singer and songwriter
• 30 March – Laura Huhtasaari, politician
• 1 April – Mikko Franck, orchestral conductor
• 8 April – Alexi Laiho, rock musician (Children of Bodom) (d. 2020)
• 23 April – Lauri Ylönen, singer (The Rasmus)
• 26 April – Janne Wirman, musician (Warmen)
• 6 April – Janne Wirman, keyboardist (Children of Bodom)
• 25 May – Mikko Härkin, metal keyboardist
• 27 May – Laura Österberg Kalmari, footballer
• 18 July – Jaska Raatikainen, drummer (Children of Bodom)
• 31 July – Kai Mykkänen, politician
• 30 September – Juho Kuosmanen, film director and screenwriter^[3][4]
• 17 October – Kimi Räikkönen, racing driver, 2007 Formula 1 world champion
• 27 November – Teemu Tainio, footballer and manager
• 5 December – Niklas Hagman, ice hockey player

Deaths

• 26 August – Mika Waltari, author (b. 1908)^[5]