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The military ranks of Finland are the 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 ...
Establishment of the first headquarters of the Finnish Defence Forces on 2 February 1918. After Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917, the Civil Guards were proclaimed the troops of the government on 25 January 1918 and then Lieutenant General of the Russian Imperial Army Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was appointed as Commander-in-Chief of these forces the next day. [11]
The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat [ˈmɑːˌʋoi̯mɑt], Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: the infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery , anti-aircraft artillery, engineers , signals , and materiel troops.
Sergeant (Kersantti in Finnish) is a Swedish (OR6) and Finnish (OR5) military rank above överfurir in Sweden and alikersantti in Finland; and below översergeant in Sweden and ylikersantti in Finland. [1] [2] [3] [4]
mandatory military refresher exercises (Finnish: kertausharjoitus) for a maximum of 40, 75 or 100 days, depending on the reservist's military rank; extraordinary activation during a large-scale disaster or a virulent epidemic; extraordinary activation (Finnish: ylimääräinen palvelus) if the military threat against Finland has seriously ...
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Military ranks of Finland (28 P) U. Military units and formations of Finland (7 C, 4 P) Σ. Finnish military stubs (63 P) Pages in category "Military of Finland"
Pages in category "Military ranks of Finland" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alikersantti; C.