This is a list of former Finnish military units.
Pre-independence UnitEstablishedDisestablishedNotes27th Jäger Battalion (Finland)19151918Unit in the Imperial German Army composed mainly of Finnish volunteers.Finnish Artillery Regiment17941811Part of the Swedish Army.Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion18291905Part of the Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland
Wartime formations
Finnish Civil War
White Guard (Finland) Red Guards (Finland)
Winter War
Army of the Isthmus I Corps 1st Division 2nd Division (former 11th Division) II Corps 1st Division 4th Division 5th Division 6th Division - attached on 19 December 11th Division 23rd Division - arrived in February 1940
Others III Corps 8th Division 10th Division (later the 7th Division) IV Corps 12th Division 13th Division Separate Battalion 8 Separate Battalion 9 Separate Bicycle Company 4 Swedish Volunteer Corps – Svenska Frivilligkåren, arrived in 1940 Lapland Group North Finland Group North Karelian Group
Continuation War
Armies
Army of Karelia
Corps I Corps II Corps III Corps IV Corps V Corps VI Corps VII Corps
Divisions 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division 4th Division 5th Division 6th Division – formed the 12th Brigade in 1942, reformed as 6th Division in 1943 7th Division 8th Division 10th Division 11th Division 12th Division – formed 3rd Brigade in 1941 14th Division 15th Division 17th Division 18th Division 19th Division – disbanded in 1942 Armoured Division – formed in 1942 Division J – formed in August 1941, disbanded in August 1942 1st Coast Division – a Naval Forces unit, formed in July 1944
Peacetime units
Army UnitEstablishedDisestablishedArtillery Brigade19922014Central Finland Engineer Battalion19672014Häme Jaeger Battalion19182003Häme Regiment19862014North Karelia Brigade19902013Pohja Brigade19571998Pohjanmaa Artillery Regiment19571998Savo Brigade17752006Signal Regiment19382014
Navy UnitEstablishedDisestablishedArchipelago Sea Naval Command19982014Gulf of Finland Naval Command19982014Coastal Jaeger Battalion19601989Finnish Ladoga Naval Detachment19201944Hanko Coastal Artillery Battalion19522002Kotka Coastal Artillery Battalion19522013Vaasa Coastal Artillery Battalion19521998Turku Coastal Regiment19391998
Air Force UnitEstablishedDisestablishedTraining Air Wing19182015Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing19232013Häme Air Command19571974Flying Regiment 119381952Flying Regiment 219381952Flying Regiment 319381952Flying Regiment 419381952Reconnaissance Squadron1996
See also
List of military units in Finnish Defense Forces
References