Finnish Defence Forces

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The Finnish Defence Forces are Finland’s unified military organization responsible for the country’s national defense, including its army, navy, and air force.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
alliance NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
budgetControlledBy Ministry of Defence of Finland
commanderInChief President of Finland
conflict Continuation War
Finnish Civil War
Lapland War
Winter War
country Finland
dateJoinedAlliance 2023-04-04
emblem Finnish Defence Forces roundel
established 1918
flag Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
hasConscription yes
headquartersLocation Helsinki
legalBasis Conscription Act of Finland
Constitution of Finland
motto “For the Fatherland” (unofficial English rendering)
nativeName Försvarsmakten
Finnish Defence Forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: Puolustusvoimat
nativeNameLanguage Finnish
Swedish
offers voluntary military service for women
participatesIn European Union crisis management operations
UN peacekeepers
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
peaceTimeStrengthApprox 20000 personnel
primaryLanguage Finnish
role international crisis management
national defence of Finland
support to civil authorities
territorial defence
secondaryLanguage Swedish
serviceBranch Air Force
Army
Navy
standardEquipment F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft (on order)
F/A-18 Hornet
surface form: F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft

Hamina-class missile boat
Leopard 2 main battle tank
Pohjanmaa-class corvette (under construction)
subdivision Defence Command Finland
Finnish Air Force
Finnish Army
Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command
Finnish Navy
National Defence University
trainingSystem reserve-based conscript training
typeOfConscription universal male conscription
usesDoctrine total defence
warTimeStrengthApprox 280000 personnel

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Finnish Army partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Finnish Army reportsTo Finnish Defence Forces
this entity surface form: Defence Command Finland
Finnish Army memberOf Finnish Defence Forces
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim militaryBranch Finnish Defence Forces
Finnish Defence Forces nativeName Finnish Defence Forces self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Puolustusvoimat
Readiness Brigades subordinateTo Finnish Defence Forces
Kunnia, velvollisuus, isänmaa usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
President of Finland commanderInChiefOf Finnish Defence Forces
Jaeger Brigades usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
Finnish Air Force partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
subject surface form: Patria AMV
Armoured Brigade service Finnish Defence Forces
White Army of Finland successor Finnish Defence Forces
Marshal of Finland highestRankIn Finnish Defence Forces
Marshal of Finland militaryBranch Finnish Defence Forces
National Defence University operatedBy Finnish Defence Forces
National Defence University partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Conscription Act of Finland implementedBy Finnish Defence Forces
“For the Fatherland” (unofficial English rendering) usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
subject surface form: For the Fatherland
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces represents Finnish Defence Forces
Presidential Palace, Helsinki securityProvidedBy Finnish Defence Forces
Mannerheim family hasMemberActiveIn Finnish Defence Forces
Finnish Navy partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Finnish Navy serviceBranch Finnish Defence Forces
Memorial to the fallen of the Continuation War memorializedGroup Finnish Defence Forces
this entity surface form: Finnish Armed Forces
Defence Command Finland partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Defence Command Finland jurisdiction Finnish Defence Forces
Ministry of Defence of Finland oversees Finnish Defence Forces
40 mm Bofors autocannon usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
Ilmavoimat partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Ilmavoimat isComponentOf Finnish Defence Forces
Commander of the Finnish Air Force partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Air Force Academy partOf Finnish Defence Forces
subject surface form: Air Force Academy (Finland)
Lapland Air Command militaryBranchOf Finnish Defence Forces
Tikkakoski Air Base belongsToBranch Finnish Defence Forces
Satakunta Air Command countryMilitary Finnish Defence Forces
Wiljo Tuompo partOf Finnish Defence Forces
Patria serves Finnish Defence Forces
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive opponent Finnish Defence Forces
Hanko Peninsula usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
this entity surface form: Finnish military
RBS 70 missile system usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
subject surface form: RBS 70
K9FIN Moukari belongsTo Finnish Defence Forces
this entity surface form: Finnish artillery
Santahamina usedBy Finnish Defence Forces
Civilian Service Centre relatedTo Finnish Defence Forces
Act on the Defence Forces of Finland appliesTo Finnish Defence Forces
Squadron 2020 program partOf Finnish Defence Forces