M.A. Erkki Juhani Nordberg (17 August 1946, Helsinki – 28 March 2012, Helsinki) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge o ...

who served as the Chief of the Educational Department of the Main Headquarters of the

Finnish Defense 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 (which i ...

. Before that, Nordberg served in the Finnish Defense Forces as the commander of the Brigade of Karelia from 1999 to 2002. In his educational work, Nordberg focused foremost on the history of the Finnish wars during

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and he has researched extensively the war plans of the

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, related to World War II. He authored and co-authored several books and he wrote numerous columns for various newspapers – nearly all on military-and war-related issues. In additions to his publishing and educational work, the general public got to know Nordberg as a regular war correspondent on the Finnish television and radio channels, e.g. during the

Persian Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

and the

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. In his book, ''Arvio ja ennuste Venäjän sotilaspolitiikasta Suomen suunnalla'' of 2003 ("The Analysis and Prognosis of the Russian Military Politics on the Finnish Front"), Colonel Nordberg explains in detail why and how the Soviet Union planned and intended to invade

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, following the

Winter War The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...

(1939–1940).

Works

* ''Arvio ja ennuste Venäjän sotilaspolitiikasta Suomen suunnalla'' innish: The Analysis and Prognosis of the Soviet Military Politics on the Finnish Front. Art House, Helsinki 2003. * ''Suomi, EU, Nato ja Venäjä''. Art House, Helsinki 2004. * ''Kriisi!: Pienet valtiot kansainvälisissä ja ulkopoliittisissa kriiseissä''. Suomen Mies, 1990. * ''Islamistinen terrorismi ja sen vastainen puolustus''. Art House, Helsinki 2007.

References

External links

''Suomen Kuvalehti'', 19 September 2007.
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