Commodore (Kommodori) is a

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Finnish Navy The Finnish Navy ( fi, Merivoimat, sv, Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short f ...

equal to

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in English-speaking navies being above

commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

(Komentaja) and below

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(Lippueamiraali), equal

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rank is

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. During peacetime only a graduate of Finnish National Defence University can achieve the rank of commodore, and even during wartime reserve officers may achieve the rank of commodore only under anomalous circumstances.

Other uses in Finland

In Finnish yacht clubs a chairman/CEO is usually called a Commodor, a tradition originating from

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. While in some countries commodore is also a title held by a senior captain within a shipping company, it is not used by Finnish shipping companies. Military ranks of Finland Naval ranks {{Mil-rank-stub