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)
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