List of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces explained

This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since Finland's independence from Russian in 1917/18.

• 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