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The Finnish Army has chaired the Finabel Coordination Committee, a European cooperation organisation, as of 11 April 2017, and this one-year-long chairship will now culminate in the summit organised in Helsinki 9-10 April 2018.

International cooperation The stability of the Baltic Sea Region is important to the security of the Finnish people. The Finnish Navy participates constantly and in versatile ways in activities which strengthen the security and stability of the Ba...

DEFENCE COOPERATION BETWEEN FINLAND & SWEDEN Enables our forces to operate together in times of peace, crisis and war. Watch video DEFENCE COOPERATION BETWEEN FINLAND & SWEDEN Based on mutual trust The Finnish-Swedish Defence Cooperation (FISE) is...

KOMAR - Total Defence as a part of National Resilience 2024-2028 Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine and the resulting security threats and challenges have highlighted the importance of total defence as part of national resilience. Significant c...

Department of Warfare: Professors and Assistant Professors Professors Professor Petteri Jouko, PhD, Colonel (ret.) Field of appointment: Military history Teaching and research Military history during the Cold War, history of operational art and ta...

Commander, generals and Defence Command Finland as well as the centres.

International military crisis management and co-operation on bilateral, Nordic and European level as well as Nato partnership creates Finnish Defence Forces basis for international activities and networking.

International co-operation is a part of the daily activities of the Air Force. The objective of co-operation is to share information and expertise with the key actors in the Air Force’s operating environment and to create opportunities for cost-effective training in the service’s main tasks.

EUNAVFOR MED - Operation Irini The primary task of EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI is to implement the UN arms embargo through the use of aerial, satellite and maritime assets. Operation IRINI was launched on 1 April 2020 to follow EUNAVFOR MED Opera...

The Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest aerial warfare service branches in the world to operate without interruption since its establishment in 1918.

11.3.2022 | Approximately 40 hybrid threat experts from the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met this week in a workshop in countering hybrid threats in Santahamina in Helsinki, Finland. The purpose of the workshop was to exchange information between participating nations on the broad-spectrum influencing environment. The relevance of the topic has been underlined by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The Finnish Defence Forces will deploy staff officers to the European Union’s Naval Force EUNAVFOR Operation Aspides established in February 2024, and to the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian launched in December 2023, both of them active in the Red Sea and its adjacent areas. The objective of the operations is to secure free and safe navigation in the Red Sea.

22.1.2026 | F I N N I S H MILITARY INTELLIGENCE R E V I E W 2 0 2 5 © Defence Command, Finnish Defence Forces, 2025 978-951-25-3485-2 978-951-25-3486-9 (PDF) Printed in Finland PunaMusta Oy, 2025 Photograph credits: Christina Salonius (page 5) istockphoto.com...

By 31 March 2018, Finland discontinues its participation in the EUFOR ALTHEA operation led by the European Union, as the remaining Finnish staff officers repatriate and return to Finland.

1.10.2025 | The Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme takes a new step forward as its multinational programme management office has been established within the Defence Forces Logistics Command Headquarters. The official opening ceremony was held in Tampere on 30 September 2025.

In November-December 2022, the Finnish Navy conducted a process to recruit reservists for the EU Battlegroup for 2024. The recruitment process has moved forward, and this week, a test and selection event will be organized for reservists invited based on applications at the Coastal Brigade in Upinniemi. The training will be launched in the summer 2023, and the standby period of the battlegroup will last from January through June 2024.

3.3.2026 | Puolustusvoimien tutkimuslaitos Tutkimuskatsaus 3–2026 23.1.2026 Puolustusvoimien tutkimuslaitos on Pääesikunnan alainen sotilaslaitos, joka vastaa yhteisten suorituskykyjen toiminta- ja käyttöperiaatteisiin, puolustusmateriaaliin ja -teknologiaan...

30.4.2024 | The Finnish Defence Forces will deploy staff officers to the European Union’s Naval Force EUNAVFOR Operation Aspides established in February 2024, and to the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian launched in December 2023, both of them active in the Red Sea and its adjacent areas. The objective of the operations is to secure free and safe navigation in the Red Sea.

15.5.2025 | The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Janne Jaakkola, participated in the meetings of NATO and the European Union's defence committees in Brussels on 14-15 May 2025. The chiefs of defence of EU and NATO countries were present at the meetings.

30.4.2024 | The Finnish Defence Forces will deploy staff officers to the European Union’s Naval Force EUNAVFOR Operation Aspides established in February 2024, and to the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian launched in December 2023, both of them active in the Red Sea and its adjacent areas. The objective of the operations is to secure free and safe navigation in the Red Sea.