This is a list of firsts in Finland.
Education and academia
Liisi Oterma, the first woman in Finland to receive a Ph.D. degree in Astronomy.
First women
Literature
Film
- First active feature film company: Lyyra-Filmi
- First Finnish computer-animated feature film: The Emperor's Secret (Finnish: Keisarin salaisuus) (2006)
- First Finnish feature film and first fictional film: The Moonshiners (Finnish: Salaviinanpolttajat) (1907)
- First full-length Finnish feature film: Sylvi
- First full-length sound film with song and talk: Say It in Finnish (1931)
- First Finnish film: Novelty from Helsinki: School youth at break (1904)
- First Finnish film company: Atelier Apollo (1906)
- First Finnish film distributed widely abroad: When Father Has Toothache (1923)
- First Finnish film released on Blu-ray: Ganes (2007)[17]
- First Finnish film with a soundtrack: Dressed Like Adam and a Bit Like Eve Too (1931)
- First public screening: 1896
Other
Military
Anneli Jäätteenmäki, the first female Prime Minister of Finland
Politics and government
Science and technology
Verner Weckman, the first Finnish Olympic gold medalist.
Titles and awards
Other
See also
References