← 1916 1915 1914 1917 in Finland → 1918 1919 1920
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1917 Timeline of Finnish history

Events in the year 1917 in Finland.

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

• 16 March – Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn is removed from his office and arrested^[1]
• 19 March – Mikhail Aleksandrovich Stakhovich became the new Governor-General of Finland^[2]
• 26 March – Oskari Tokoi is appointed as the Chairmen of the Senate^[3]
• 18 July – Parliament of Finland accepts the Act of Rule of Law^[4]
• 31 July – Provisional government of Russia dissolves the Parliament of Finland^[5]
• 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^[6]
• 1–2 October – 1917 Finnish parliamentary election^[7][8]
• 27 November – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is appointed as Chairman of the Senate, becoming the first Prime Minister of Finland.^[9]
• 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.^[10]
• 31 December –
  • Soviet government recognizes the Independence of Finland^[11]
  • Åland declares itself as part of Sweden^[12]

• History of Finland (1917–present)
• Timeline of Independence of Finland (1917–1920)