This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since Finland's independence from Russian in 1917/18.

Chief of Defence (Finland), Chiefs of Defence

* General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1918 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1918 * Major-General Vilhelm Aleksander Thesleff 1918 * Colonel Rudolf Walden, Karl Rudolf Walden 1918 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1919 * Major-General Kaarlo Edward Kivekäs 1919 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkama 1919–1924 * Lieutenant General Vilho Petter Nenonen 1924–1925 * Colonel Lauri Malmberg 1925 * Lieutenant General Karl Fredrik Wilkama 1925–1926 * Lieutenant General Aarne Sihvo 22 May 1926 – 13 January 1933 * Lieutenant General Hugo Viktor Österman 1933–1939 * Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1939–1944 * General Axel Erik Heinrichs 1944–1945 * Lieutenant General Jarl Frithiof Lundqvist 1945–1946 * General Aarne Sihvo 1946–1953 * General Kaarlo Aleksander Heiskanen 1953–1959 * General Jaakko Sakari Simelius 1959–1965 * General Yrjö Ilmari Keinonen 1965–1969 * General Kaarlo Olavi Leinonen 1969–1974 * General Lauri Sutela 1974–1983 * General Jaakko Valtanen 1983–1990 * Admiral Jan Klenberg 1990–1994 * General Gustav Hägglund 1994–2001 * Admiral Juhani Kaskeala 2001–2009 * General Ari Puheloinen 2009–2014 * General Jarmo Lindberg 2014–2019 * General Timo Kivinen 2019–

Other

* General Adolf Ehrnrooth 1905–2004

References

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