General ( fi, Kenraali) is the highest officer's rank in

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 Bot ...

. It is held exclusively by the

Chief of Defence The chief of defence (or head of defence) is the highest ranked commissioned officer of a nation's armed forces. The acronym CHOD is in common use within NATO and the European Union as a generic term for the highest national military position wit ...

during peacetime. General is comparable to Ranks of NATO armies officers as OF-9. Kenraali C

Historically, a General's branch of service could be indicated in the rank. So far Finland has had seventeen of (General of Infantry), a few of (Jägergeneral), two of (General of Cavalry) and one (General of Artillery).

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as c ...

himself was the other one of the two Generals of Cavalry before his promotion to Field Marshal.

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