List of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces

This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since Finland's independence.

Chiefs of Defence

• General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1918
• Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1918
• Major-General Vilhelm Aleksander 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 22.5.1926 - 13.1.1933
• 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 1 October 2009^[1]- incumbent

Other

• General Adolf Ehrnrooth 1905–2004

References