Finnish Armed Forces radio alphabet explained

Letter	Code word	Meaning
A	Aarne	male name
B	Bertta	female name
C	Celsius	Swedish scientist Anders Celsius
D	Daavid	male name
E	Eemeli	male name
F	Faarao	Finnish for 'pharaoh'
G	Gideon	biblical name
H	Heikki	male name
I	Iivari	male name
J	Jussi	male name
K	Kalle	male name
L	Lauri	male name
M	Matti	male name
N	Niilo	male name
O	Otto	male name
P	Paavo	male name
Q	kuu	Finnish name of the letter q, also Finnish for 'moon'
R	Risto	male name
S	Sakari	male name
T	Tyyne	female name
U	Urho	male name, also Finnish for 'hero'
V	Vihtori	male name
W	Viski	Finnish for whisky
X	äksä	Finnish name of the letter x
Y	Yrjö	male name
Z	zeta	Finnish name of the letter z
Å	Åke	Swedish male name
Ä	äiti	mother
Ö	öljy	oil

The Finnish Defence Forces switched over to the NATO phonetic alphabet in 2005, but the Finnish one is used for Å, Ä, Ö and digits.^[1] International operations use only the NATO alphabet.

On the Finnish rail network the Finnish Armed Forces spelling alphabet was used until May 31, 2020 and starting on July 1 the railways switched to NATO phonetic alphabet, but still retained Finnish spelling words for Å, Ä, Ö and numbers.^[2]

See also

• Radio alphabet
• Swedish Armed Forces' phonetic alphabet

Notes and References

1. Book: Sotilaan käsikirja 2013. Puolustusvoimat. 2013. 978-951-25-2463-1. 205. 2016-01-23. 2014-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904115355/http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/wcm/c0acb9804173cfc2934ef78fcb266289/SKK2013_web_small.pdf?MOD=AJPERES. dead.
2. Web site: Rautatieliikenteen puheviestintä kansainvälistyy . 2019-09-11 . Väylä.fi . Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency . 2020-07-13.