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List Of Senior Officers Of The Finnish Defence Forces
This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since Finland's independence from Russian in 1917/18. Chief of Defence (Finland), Chiefs of Defence * General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1918 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1918 * Major-General Vilhelm Aleksander Thesleff 1918 * Colonel Rudolf Walden, Karl Rudolf Walden 1918 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1919 * Major-General Kaarlo Edward Kivekäs 1919 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkama 1919–1924 * Lieutenant General Vilho Petter Nenonen 1924–1925 * Colonel Lauri Malmberg 1925 * Lieutenant General Karl Fredrik Wilkama 1925–1926 * Lieutenant General Aarne Sihvo 22 May 1926 – 13 January 1933 * Lieutenant General Hugo Viktor Österman 1933–1939 * Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1939–1944 * General Axel Erik Heinrichs 1944–1945 * Lieutenant General Jarl Frithiof Lundqvist 1945–1946 * General Aarne Sihvo 1946–1953 * General Kaarlo Aleksander Heiskanen 1953–1959 * General Jaakko Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaarlo Aleksander Heiskanen
Kaarlo is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kaarlo Bergbom (1843–1906), Finnish theatre director * Kaarlo Blomstedt (1880–1949), Finnish historian and archivist *Kaarlo Castrén (1860–1938), Prime Minister of Finland *Kaarlo Edvard Kivekäs (1866–1940), Finnish general * Kaarlo Ekholm (1884–1946), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics *Kaarlo Halttunen (1909–1986), Finnish actor *Kaarlo Harvala (1885–1942), Finnish journalist and politician *Kaarlo Heiskanen (1894–1962), Finnish general and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross * Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952), Finnish jurist and academic *Kaarlo Kangasniemi (born 1941), former Finnish weightlifter *Kaarlo Koskelo (1888–1953), Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Kaarlo "Kalle" Kustaa Paasia (1883–1961), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics *Kaarlo Leinonen (1914–1975), Finnish general and Minister of Defence *Kaarlo Linko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Kivinen
Timo Pekka Kivinen (born 8 December 1959) is a Finnish general and the Chief of Defence since 2019. Kivinen began his career as a dragoon, and was eventually promoted to Brigade Commander of the Karelia Brigade in 2011, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy in 2015 and Chief of Defence Command Finland in 2017. Career Kivinen entered military service in the Finnish Army in 1978, and completed various courses at home and abroad, including the US Army Airborne and Ranger Courses in 1983, the Infantry Captain Course and the United Nation Staff Officer Course in Sweden in 1996, the International Visitors Programme in the US in 2003, the National Defence Course in 2006, the High Command Course in 2007 and the Flag Officers and Ambassadors Course, NATO Defence College 2012. He also studied at the National War College in 1991–1993 and in the Royal College of Defence Studies in the UK in 2008. He spent his junior years at the Uusimaa Jaeger Battalion, and was deployed in the Bosnian War as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmo Lindberg
Jarmo Ilmari Lindberg (born 10 June 1959) is a retired Finnish general and former Chief of Defence from 2014 to 2019. Lindberg began his career as a fighter pilot, and was eventually promoted to Commander of the Finnish Air Force (in 2008) and then Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics and Armaments in the Defence Command (in 2012). Career Lindberg graduated from the Kuusaa gymnasium in Kouvola in 1978 and completed his mandatory military service in Training Air Wing, Finnish Air Force in Kauhava, and was active as a hobby pilot.Karjalainen, Hannu: Nopeasti ja korkealle. Savon Sanomat, 9.6.2009, s. 22.Esko, Heikkinen: Harrastus auttoi huipulle. Ilmailu, 2015, 78. vsk, nro 1/2015, s. 26–29. Suomen Ilmailuliitto ry. ISSN 0019-252X. In the 1970s he received the nickname "Charles" Lindberg, after the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. He maintains an active Twitter account by that name. In 1979, Lindberg enrolled in the flight cadet course and graduated in 1982, receiving a promotion t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Puheloinen
Ari Tapani Puheloinen (born 26 December 1951) is a Finnish General who was Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces between 2009 and 2014. Ari Puheloinen was born in Taipalsaari as the second son of the family of an electrician and a cleaner. Such working-class background is unusual for high-ranking Finnish officers, who usually come from middle-class or military families. For example, the fathers of the four preceding Finnish Chiefs of Defence have been either colonels, admirals, or generals.Hämäläinen, Unto. Neljä kenraalia ja yksi kenraaliluutnantti. Helsingin Sanomat kuukausiliite, July 2009. ISSN 0780-0096. . This is a hook for DYK nomination made on 2009-07-12. The original source reads: ''Ari Puheloisen tausta on kenraalille hyvin poikkeuksellinen. Tutkija Veli-Matti Syrjö on selvittänyt kenraalien perhetaustoja ja arvioi kirjassaan Itsenäisen Suomen kenraalikunta, että "yhteiskunnan alimmista kerroksista on ollut todella vaikea päästä kohoamaan puolustusv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juhani Kaskeala
Admiral Pauli Juhani Kaskeala (born 26 July 1946, Kuopio) is a senior Finnish admiral and was Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces from 2001 to 1 August 2009. In 1982, Kaskeala was appointed as Third Aide-de-Camp to the President of the Republic, Mauno Koivisto, eventually serving as First Aide-de-Camp from 1987. From 1989 to 1991, he was commander of a missile squadron in the Coastal Fleet. Kaskeala was then a military attaché in London, The Hague and Brussels between 1991 and 1994, before serving as principal secretary to the Defence Council 1994–1997, and as Commander of the Turku And Pori Military Province 1997–1998. He served as Director General for Defence Policy at Finland's Ministry of Defence from 1998 to 2001, and was then the Finnish Military Representative to the EU and NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Hägglund
Johan Edvin Birger Gustav Hägglund (born 6 September 1938, in Viipuri) is a retired Finland-Swedish general. He was the Chief of Defence 1994–2001, and Chairman of the European Union Military Committee 2001–2004. Career Hägglund's father was General Woldemar Hägglund, commander of the Karelian Front in the Second World War. He was born in Viipuri, an area ceded to the Soviet Union in the Second World War. Despite his Swedish-speaking family background, Finnish language immersion was total in his youth, and he ultimately had to learn Swedish at school. Hägglund went to Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and was then educated not only at the Cadet School in Finland, but also attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas. He is also a fellow of Harvard University. Hägglund commanded United Nations troops in 1978–1979 as the commander of the Finnish battalion (FINBATT) in UNEF II in Sinai, as the commander of UNDOF i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Klenberg
Jan Gottfrid Klenberg (22 October 1931 – 28 August 2020) was a Finnish admiral. He was born in Mikkeli. He served as Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces The Finnish Defence Forces ( fi, Puolustusvoimat, sv, Försvarsmakten) are the military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime the Finnish Border Guard (whic .... Klenberg was the first navy officer in that position. References External links The Finnish Defence Forces: Chiefs of Defence Klenberg, Janat ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' (in Swedish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Klenberg, Jan 1931 births 2020 deaths People from Mikkeli Chiefs of Staff (Finnish Defence Forces) Finnish admirals Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaakko Valtanen
Jaakko Valtanen (born 9 February 1925) is a Finnish general. He is the former Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces from 1983 to 1990. He was the last Finnish Chief of Defence to have served in the Continuation War The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.; sv, fortsättningskriget; german: Fortsetzungskrieg. A .... He has been the first guest to greet the President of Finland in the annual Independence Day Receptions since 2016. References External linksThe Finnish Defence Forces: Chiefs of Defence 1925 births Living people People from Hämeenlinna Chiefs of Staff (Finnish Defence Forces) Finnish generals Finnish military personnel of World War II {{Finland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauri Sutela
General Lauri Johannes Sutela (11 October 1918, Äänekoski – 8 November 2011; surname until 1929 ''Schroderus'') was a Finnish military officer. He served as an officer in the engineer corps during World War II. Sutela worked his way up the Finnish Army and finally became the Chief of Defence from 15 April 1974 until 11 October 1983. His appointment was controversial since he was the first (and last) non-combat arms officer to be appointed as the Chief of Defence, but he was appointed solely on the basis of seniority. He was considered to be acceptable and a consensus candidate to both Sweden, Soviet Union, West Germany and East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ..., i.e. the main foreign players with influence in the Finnish defence establishment. As a St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaarlo Olavi Leinonen
Kaarlo is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kaarlo Bergbom (1843–1906), Finnish theatre director * Kaarlo Blomstedt (1880–1949), Finnish historian and archivist *Kaarlo Castrén (1860–1938), Prime Minister of Finland *Kaarlo Edvard Kivekäs (1866–1940), Finnish general * Kaarlo Ekholm (1884–1946), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics *Kaarlo Halttunen (1909–1986), Finnish actor *Kaarlo Harvala (1885–1942), Finnish journalist and politician *Kaarlo Heiskanen (1894–1962), Finnish general and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross * Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952), Finnish jurist and academic *Kaarlo Kangasniemi (born 1941), former Finnish weightlifter *Kaarlo Koskelo (1888–1953), Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Kaarlo "Kalle" Kustaa Paasia (1883–1961), Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics *Kaarlo Leinonen (1914–1975), Finnish general and Minister of Defence *Kaarlo Linko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yrjö Ilmari Keinonen
Yrjö, a masculine Finnish given name that is the equivalent of George, may refer to: * Yrjö von Grönhagen, (1911–2003), Finnish anthropologist * Yrjö Jylhä, (1903–1956), Finnish poet * Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959), Finnish composer * Yrjö Kokko (1903–1977), Finnish author * Yrjö Lindegren (1900–1952), Finnish architect * Yrjö Mäkelin (1875–1923), shoemaker * Yrjö Nikkanen (1914–1985), Finnish athlete * Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830–1903), freiherr, senator, professor, historian, and politician * Yrjö Sirola (1876–1936), Finnish writer and socialist politician * Yrjö Sotamaa, Finnish architect * Yrjö Väisälä Yrjö Väisälä (; 6 September 1891 – 21 July 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist. His main contributions were in the field of optics. He was also active in geodetics, astronomy and optical metrology. He had an affectionate ni ... (1891–1971), Finnish astronomer and physicist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
