Salo, Mikael

Brigadier General

Position

Assistant Chief of Staff J7, Joint Force Command Norfolk    

Date and place of birth

8.8.1971, Jokioinen

Family

Married
Three children

Career

  • Matriculation, Kuhala High School, 1991
  • Conscript, Armored Battalion, 1991–1992
  • Reserve Officer School 199, 1992
  • Instructor, Armored Battalion, 1993
  • Cadet Course 80, 1993–1997
  • Instructor, Armored Battalion, 1997–1999
  • Company Commander, Armored Battalion, 1999–2000
  • Instructor, Armored School, 2000–2001
  • Commander of the Reserve Officer Course, Armored School, 2002
  • Research Officer, National Defence University, 2002–2007
  • Research Social Psychologist, U.S. Army Research Institute, 2004–2005
  • Senior Staff Officer Course, 2007–2008
  • General Staff Officer Course, Finnish National Defence University, 2008–2009
  • Staff Officer, Eastern Command, Finland, 2009–2010
  • Military Assistant to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 2010–2011
  • Staff Officer, J5 Plans & Policy Division, Defence Command, Finland, 2011–2013
  • Staff Officer, J1 Personnel Division, Defence Command, Finland, 2013–2015
  • Docent, Finnish National Defence University, 2014–
  • Assistant Military Representative, Mission of Finland to NATO, 2015–2018
  • Army Research Director, Army Command, 2018–2019
  • Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Finland, 2019–2021
  • National Defence Course 231, 2019
  • Commander of the Finnish Forces in Iraq, 2022
  • Commandant of the Reserve Officer School, Army Academy, 2022–2024
  • Assistant Chief of Staff J7, Joint Force Command Norfolk, 2025–

Other education

  • Licentiate in Education, University of Tampere, 2004
  • PhD in Philosophy, University of Tampere, 2008
  • PhD in Social Psychology, University of Helsinki, 2011

Promotions

  • Second Lieutenant 1992
  • Lieutenant 1995
  • First Lieutenant 1997
  • Captain 2002
  • Major 2009
  • Lieutenant Colonel 2014
  • Colonel 2021
  • Brigadier General 2025

Decorations

  • Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • Medal of Military Merits
  • Reserve Officers' Association's Cross of Merit
  • Cross of Merit of the Intanfry

Languages

Finnish, Swedish, English

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