This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since

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 ...

's independence from Russian in 1917/18.

Chiefs of Defence Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

* General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1918 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1918 * Major-General

Vilhelm Aleksander Thesleff Wilhelm Aleksander Thesleff (27 July 1880, Viipurin maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland - 26 March 1941, Helsinki) was a Finnish general, first Minister of Defence of Finland and briefly the commander in chief of the Finnish army. Thesleff ...

1918 * Colonel 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 Johan Edvin Birger Gustav Hägglund (born 6 September 1938, in Viipuri) is a retired Finland-Swedish general. He was the Chief of Defence 1994–2001, and Chairman of the European Union Military Committee 2001–2004. Career Hägglund's f ...

1994–2001 * Admiral

Juhani Kaskeala Admiral Pauli Juhani Kaskeala (born 26 July 1946, Kuopio) is a senior Finnish admiral and was Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces from 2001 to 1 August 2009. In 1982, Kaskeala was appointed as Third Aide-de-Camp to the President ...

2001–2009 * General Ari Puheloinen 2009–2014 * General Jarmo Lindberg 2014–2019 * General Timo Kivinen 2019–

Other

* General

Adolf Ehrnrooth Adolf Erik Ehrnrooth (9 February 1905 – 26 February 2004) was a Finnish general who served during the Winter and Continuation wars. He also competed in two equestrian events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Early life Born in Helsinki, Ehrnrooth ...

1905–2004

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