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Vänrikki
''Vänrikki'' () (Second lieutenant, Swedish: ''Fänrik''), from the German '' fähnrich'', is a Finnish commissioned officer rank (OF1). A typical assignment for a professional ''vänrikki'' is as junior instructor of recruits. Finland The rank ''vänrikki'' is used in active service by reserve officers who remain in service as for 6-to-12-months-long volunteer contract period. In addition, it is the lowest reserve officer rank. Conscript officer The rank has been mainly a reserve rank. The future conscript officers are selected from the whole pool of conscripts. After a basic training of two months, a portion of the conscripts are selected for NCO training. After 2 months of NCO training, the most suitable are selected for reserve officer training and promoted to officer students. The 3½-month-long reserve officers training usually takes place in the Reserve Officer School, and afterwards, the candidates are promoted to officer cadets (). They serve the remaining 5½ months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vänrikki Kauluslaatta
''Vänrikki'' () (Second lieutenant, Swedish: ''Fänrik''), from the German language, German ''fähnrich'', is a Finnish commissioned officer rank (OF1). A typical assignment for a professional ''vänrikki'' is as junior instructor of recruits. Finland The rank ''vänrikki'' is used in active service by reserve officers who remain in service as for 6-to-12-months-long volunteer contract period. In addition, it is the lowest reserve officer rank. Conscript officer The rank has been mainly a reserve rank. The future conscript officers are selected from the whole pool of conscripts. After a basic training of two months, a portion of the conscripts are selected for NCO training. After 2 months of NCO training, the most suitable are selected for reserve officer training and promoted to officer students. The 3½-month-long reserve officers training usually takes place in the Reserve Officer School, and afterwards, the candidates are promoted to officer cadets (). They serve the remaini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sotilasmestari
( in Swedish, chief warrant officer or sergeant major in English) is a Finnish military rank above () and below (). History and related ranks The rank derives from the (master specialist) rank that was originally available only in some branches of service. Early in the history of independent Finland's armed forces, graduates of the professional NCO school (see ) were promoted to (sergeant first class) upon graduation, but could not be promoted further, which led to frustration among outstandingly competent NCOs. Because of this, the ' rank was made available to all branches, and renamed (sergeant major, 'master soldier' directly translated from Finnish). Furthermore, the rank of ' (master sergeant) was also introduced. A Finnish speciality was that ' was ranked higher in Finnish army than ' (second lieutenant) in peace time. That was because ' was a professional soldier with decades of experience, but ' (second lieutenant) was a young reservist or a fresh graduate of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Military Ranks
The military ranks of Finland are the Military rank, military insignia used by the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks incorporate features from the Swedish, German, and Russian armed forces. In addition, the system has some typically Finnish characteristics that are mostly due to the personnel structure of the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks have official names in Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish languages and official English translations. The Swedish forms are used in all Swedish-language communications in Finland, e.g. in Swedish-speaking units of the Finnish Defence Force. The system of ranks in the Swedish Armed Forces is slightly different. Finland practices universal conscription of men (c. 80% of each age cohort), and maintains only a cadre of paid personnel for training and maintaining military readiness. Most of the lower ranks are conscripts, and leave service as or . Junior leaders, about 20% of age cohort, serve 12 months and leave service as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simo Häyhä
Simo Häyhä (; 17December 1905 1April 2002), often referred to by his nickname The White Death (; ), was a Finnish military sniper during World War II in the 1939–1940 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle (a variant of Mosin–Nagant) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun. Häyhä is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers during the conflict, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Consequently, he is generally regarded as the deadliest sniper in history. Häyhä estimated in his private war memoir that he shot around 500 Soviet soldiers. Written in 1940 (a few months after he was wounded), his () describes his experiences in the Winter War from 30 November 1939 to 13 March 1940. Hidden for decades, the memoir was discovered in 2017. Early life, family and education Häyhä was born on 17 December 1905 in the Kiiskinen hamlet of the Rautjärvi municipality in the Viipuri Province of southern Finland. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luutnantti
__NOTOC__ Luutnantti (from French ''lieutenant'' originally meaning second-in-command) is a Finnish military rank. Finland The Finnish Army is bilingual; the rank is known in Swedish as ''Löjtnant'' and Finnish as ''Luutnantti''. One year of conscript training as officer cadet and a three-year degree of Bachelor of Military Science () at National Defence University. After 3-4 years and further studies, they can be promoted to yliluutnantti/premiärlöjtnant. Reservists may be promoted to lieutenants after a specified period of successful reservist training. See also * Finnish military ranks The military ranks of Finland are the Military rank, military insignia used by the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks incorporate features from the Swedish, German, and Russian armed forces. In addition, the system has some typically Finnish charact ... http://www.goarmy.com/about/ranks_and_insignia.jsp USA enlisted ranks http://www.goarmy.com/about/ranks_insignia_officer.jsp USA commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman. He served as the military leader of the White Guard (Finland), Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as List of regents#Finland, Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as Chief of Defence (Finland), commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during Finland in World War II, World War II (1939–1945), and as the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946). He became Finland's only Field marshal (Finland), field marshal in 1933 and was appointed honorary Marshal of Finland in 1942. Born into a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking family in the Grand Duchy of Finland, Mannerheim made a career in the Imperial Russian Army, serving in the Russo-Japanese War and the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern Front of World War I and rising by 1917 to the rank of lieutenant general. He had a prominent place in the Coronation of Nicholas II and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alikersantti
Alikersantti () is the lowest Finnish non-commissioned officer military rank. Alikersantti is one rank above a Korpraali ( Lance-Corporal) and one below a Kersantti (Sergeant Sergeant (Sgt) is a Military rank, rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and in other units that draw their heritage f ...). A holder of this rank is typically a section leader, assistant section leader, gun section leader or a fighting vehicle commander. Obtaining the rank Conscripts are first given basic military training for 2 months. About 30% are selected for NCO training (''aliupseerikoulu'' or ''AUK''), which lasts 4 months. Most ''alikersantti''s are posted to companies for section leader duty. This is the most common conscript leader rank. Additionally, in many specialist branches with a 12-month service the rank is given automatically and the ''alikersantti'' is not g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammattikorkeakoulu
The University of Applied Sciences (UAS; ; ) in Finland is an institute of higher education offering tertiary level instruction with a heavy emphasis on professional practice. The UAS are qualitatively different from Finnish universities. Unlike universities, the UAS focus on R&D by applying previous knowledge, rather than scientific discovery. They have a statutory objective in regional development. As there is mandatory five-month practical training for all students, the UAS are a platform for dispersing applied knowledge throughout higher education. The UAS provide professionals for locally important purposes and are often governed by the municipality, though they receive most of the funding from the state. No tuition fees are required from the students from EU/ EEA. History Before the AMK reform in 1993, the schools were usually called ''opisto'' and were considered vocational institutes, and were not considered universities. Their role was to give training for roles th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Defence College (Finland)
The Finnish National Defence University (, MPKK, ) is a Military academy, military university located in Helsinki. The university trains officers for the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard. The main campus is located in Santahamina, Helsinki. Prior to 2007, the school referred to itself, in English, as the National Defence College. History The first army officer school in Finland, then part of Sweden, was , which was founded by Georg Magnus Sprengtporten in 1780 in Kuopio and relocated to Rantasalmi in 1781. Initially, it was established to train officers for the Savo Brigade of the Swedish Army, but soon it began to recruit cadets from all of Finland. The school continued operation even after the Finnish War in 1809, where Finland was ceded to the Russian Empire. However, in 1818, a fire broke out in the building, and the school was moved to Hamina to become the Hamina Cadet School. The Hamina Cadet School was trained officers for the Russian Empire. It was abol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
