''Suomen Sotilas'' (

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: ''Finland’s Soldier'') is a Finnish-language military magazine published in

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, Finland. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest publications in the country.

History and profile

''Suomen Sotilas'' was established in 1919. The magazine is headquartered in Helsinki. It was initially published weekly and featured articles on

morality Morality () is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of cond ...

, military virtues and the risks of adopting a

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

approach. Later the scope of the magazine was expanded. It mostly covers articles about Finnish

security policy Security policy is a definition of what it means to ''be secure'' for a system, organization or other entity. For an organization, it addresses the constraints on behavior of its members as well as constraints imposed on adversaries by mechanisms ...

, security strategy, the art of warfare and

military technology Military technology is the application of technology for use in warfare. It comprises the kinds of technology that are distinctly military in nature and not civilian in application, usually because they lack useful or legal civilian application ...

. In its first year ''Suomen Sotilas'' sold 4,000 copies. By 1920 the circulation rose to over 12,000 copies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suomen Sotilas 1919 establishments in Finland Finnish-language magazines Magazines established in 1919 Magazines published in Helsinki Military magazines Weekly magazines published in Finland