Niko - lentäjän poika

Produced by Tuotantotalo Werne, It was released in theatres in its film's home country, Finland, on October 10, 2008, by Nordisk Film. It also serves as a world premiere for the film as well.

It was later released on DVD & Blu-ray in Finland, alongside with the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish audio tracks. It has also aired on Yle TV2 almost every year on the month of December, along with it's successor.

It is currently available on Yle Areena.

Cast

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Teaser Trailer

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Music

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Trivia

 * Hannu-Pekka Björkman, the Finnish voice actor of Julius, has also played Nikolas in the Finnish christmas film, Joulutarina.
 * Veikko Honkanen later played Santa in the Finnish version of The Magic Crystal.
 * This is one of the very few dubs that has the song "The Way to the Stars (Tie tähtiin)" dubbed in it's said language, next to the French dub. Any other dubs has the song undubbed from the original English version.
 * The text in the credits section were localized in Finnish.
 * Some of the text, mainly the mentions of Flying Forces, and the Finnish Film Foundation at the near end of the film, were left in English, despite the latter being shown as Suomen elokuvasäätiö at the start of the film, and at the Special thanks section.
 * Smiley's howl was reused from the English version, and, if listened closely, Patrick Fitzsymons' vocals for Grandpa can be faintly heard.

Errors

 * In the credits section, One of the songs titled "Happy Christmas" mentions Vuokko Hovatta and song translator Annamari Metsävainio, however that song is undubbed from the English version.
 * This was later fixed in the sequel, with the original credits for the song being present.