''Prikaatikenraali'' (Brigadier General) is an 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 B ...

, immediately above ''

Eversti ''Eversti'' (Colonel) is an officer's rank in Finland, immediately above '' Everstiluutnantti'' (Lieutenant Colonel) and below ''Prikaatikenraali'' (Brigadier General). It literally means "the highest" and has originally been a rank for regiment ...

'' (Colonel) and below '' Kenraalimajuri'' (Major General). In Finland, the rank is translated as

brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

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 ...

rank of Prikaatinkenraali is comparable to Ranks of NATO armies officers as OF-6. A ''prikaatikenraali'' can serve as a commander of a brigade or in senior administrative, staff or planning tasks.

History

The need for a new rank between '' kenraalimajuri'' and ''

eversti ''Eversti'' (Colonel) is an officer's rank in Finland, immediately above '' Everstiluutnantti'' (Lieutenant Colonel) and below ''Prikaatikenraali'' (Brigadier General). It literally means "the highest" and has originally been a rank for regiment ...

'' came among international missions. Elsewhere in the world some of the duties were assigned to a general officer. ''Kenraalimajuri'' would have been too high-ranking for such missions, so in 1994 a rank of ''prikaatinkenraali'' was created specifically for high-ranking officers serving abroad. ''Prikaatinkenraali'' used to have a one silver lion as an insignia of rank, but in October 1995 the rank's name was changed to ''prikaatikenraali'', the lion was changed to golden and other generals were given one additional lion. Therefore ''kenraalimajuri'' has now two lions instead of the previous one.

History

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