List of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces

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.

Commanders-in-Chief / 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-

Other

* General Adolf Ehrnrooth 1905–2004


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