List of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces
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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
