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 from Russia in 1917/18.

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 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 1994–2001 Admiral Juhani Kaskeala 2001–2009 General Ari Puheloinen 2009–2014 General Jarmo Lindberg 2014–2019 General Timo Kivinen 2019–

Other General Adolf Ehrnrooth 1905–2004

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