EXHIBIT 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Ronald B. Geib, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this annual  report on Form 10-K of  Harleysville  Savings
Financial Corporation (the "registrant");

2.    Based on my knowledge,  this report does not contain any untrue  statement
of a  material  fact or omit to  state a  material  fact  necessary  to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and other  financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer  and I are  responsible  for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal  control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and  15(d)-15(f))  for the
registrant and have:

(a)   Designed  such  disclosure   controls  and  procedures,   or  caused  such
      disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under our  supervision,
      to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,  including
      its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within those
      entities,  particularly  during the  period in which this  report is being
      prepared;

(b)   Designed such internal  control over financial  reporting,  or caused such
      internal  control  over  financial  reporting  to be  designed  under  our
      supervision,  to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
      financial  reporting  and the  preparation  of  financial  statements  for
      external  purposes  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted   accounting
      principles;

(c)   Evaluated the  effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure  controls and
      procedures  and  presented  in  this  report  our  conclusions  about  the
      effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of the end of
      the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant's  internal control
      over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
      fiscal quarter (the  registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
      annual report) that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably  likely to
      materially  affect,  the  registrant's  internal  control  over  financial
      reporting; and

5.    The registrant's other certifying  officer and I have disclosed,  based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,  to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)   All  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses  in the design or
      operation  of  internal   control  over  financial   reporting  which  are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's  ability to record,
      process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)   Any fraud,  whether or not  material,  that  involves  management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control
      over financial reporting.

Date: December 19, 2008                    /s/ Ronald B. Geib
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                                           Ronald B. Geib
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer