Events in the year 1953 in Finland.

Incumbents President: Juho Kusti PaasikiviJ. K. Paasikivi – Eduskunta.fi (in Finnish) Prime Minister: Urho KekkonenKekkonen, Urho. Kansallisbiografia (English edition)

Establishments Finnish Footballer of the Year award (Football Association of Finland)

Events 10 May – The 1953 Eläintarhanajot motor race is held at Eläintarha and is won by Rodney Nuckey (UK).

Births 28 February – Osmo Vänskä, orchestral conductor and musician 22 April – Juhani Komulainen, composer

Deaths 29 March – Väinö Kivisalo, politician (b. 1882)

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