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 from Russian 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
