1917 in Finland

Events in the year 1917 in Finland.

Establishments

 * Confederation of Salaried Employees
 * Finnish Musicians' Union
 * Genealogical Society of Finland
 * Helsingin Palloseura
 * Hyvinkää
 * Kerberos (magazine)
 * League of Workers Association Youth
 * White Guard (Finland)

Events
Ongoing - Finnish Civil War


 * 16 March – Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrested
 * 19 March – Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich became the new Governor-General of Finland
 * 26 March – Oskari Tokoi is appointed as the Chairmen of the Senate
 * 18 July – Parliament of Finland accepts the Act of Rule of Law
 * 31 July – Provisional government of Russia dissolves the Parliament of Finland
 * 17 August – Oskari Tokoi resigns from the Senate, E.N. Setälä takes his place
 * 17 September – Nikolai Nekrasov become the new Governor-General of Finland
 * 1–2 October – 1917 Finnish parliamentary election
 * 27 November – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is appointed as Chairman of the Senate, becoming the first Prime Minister of Finland.
 * 4 December – Svinhufvud senate declares Independence of Finland
 * 6 December – Finnish Declaration of Independence: Finland declares its independence from the Russian Empire following the Bolsheviks taking power.
 * 31 December –
 * Soviet government recognizes the Independence of Finland
 * Åland declares itself as part of Sweden