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Training 2020 Programme The Finnish Defence Forces will renew overall conscript training as well as the practices relating to the liability for military service by means of implementing the Training 2020 Programme. The implementation of the Traini...

About to enter into the military? Finnish liability for military service safeguarding the defence capability The Finnish Defence Forces will train conscripts to form a sustained combat-efficient wartime force and reserve. This will establish a pre...

Conscript service and training The objective of military training is to sustain the readiness of the Finnish Defence Forces and to train individuals liable for military service in tasks of national defence. Military training is provided annually f...

16.5.2025 | Future warfare, particularly the full utilisation of autonomous and unmanned systems as well as support for their swarm technologies and mission optimisation, now requires more versatile communication systems that enable seamless and intelligent network connectivity while also providing electronic protection and countermeasures.

22.1.2026 | F I N N I S H MILITARY INTELLIGENCE R E V I E W 2 0 2 6 F I N N I S H MILITARY INTELLIGENCE R E V I E W 2 0 2 6 2 Contents Foreword by the Chief of Intelligence 3 Review of the Military Operating Environment 4 Current Issues in Military Intelligen...

I reserven Till reserven hör cirka 870 000 finländare. Försvarsmaktens krigstida styrka är 280 000 soldater, och styrkan kompletteras vid behov med andra reservister. Värnplikten i fråga om de män och kvinnor som gjort beväringstjänsten gäller fra...

Uträtta ärende för annan person Du kan uträtta ärenden på Försvarsmaktens e-tjänst för en myndig person om du har en Suomi.fi-fullmakt för detta. Du kan också uträtta ärenden för en minderårig person om du är vårdnadshavare för personen eller fått...

As a conscript in the Armoured Brigade The Armoured Brigade offers a wide range of training options and training takes place in several battalion-level units. Training focuses primarily on mechanised infantry tasks but all Army branches are repres...

Utländska medborgare som erhållit finskt medborgarskap och som i sitt forna hemland fullgjort sin fredstida värnplikt eller en del av den (minst 4 månader) kan på basis av ansökan befrias från beväringstjänst under fredstid. Beslutet om befrielse fattas av regionalbyrån.

9.10.2019 | Finland holds the EU Presidency from 1st of July to 31st of December 2019. Two special themes have been named for the field of defence during this Presidency. Those themes are digitalisation and artificial intelligence in defence, and responding to hybrid threats.

19.11.2019 | The Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Timo Kivinen, will take part in the meeting of the European Union Military Committee to be held on 20-21 November. The meeting will be attended by the senior military commanders in the European Union.

20.2.2024 | Personnel Strategy of the Finnish Defence Forces 2030+ Försvarsmakten • The Finnish Defence Forces FINNISH DEFENCE FORCES’ PERSONNEL STRATEGY 2030+ Abbreviation of Directive Collection PVOHJEK-PE HT953 / 20.12.2023 Grounds PEHENKOS ak HK1027 / 19....

9.9.2019 | The EU Military Committee (EUMC) is visiting Helsinki 9–10 September 2019 in matters relating to Finland’s EU Presidency.

22.1.2026 | Military Intelligence Reviews has been published four times in the years 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2026.

4.3.2021 | The voluntary military service for women attracted a record high number of applicants as altogether 1,675 women applied to voluntary military service. In the future, applying to service becomes even easier with the E-Service available online.

10.4.2019 | The Defence Forces C5 Agency will hold a six-week training period for cyber cadets. Cadet sergeant Antti Katajamäki and cadet Matias Leinonen are cyber cadets – cadets of the Army’s command system line who specialise in cybersecurity.

25.6.2019 | A pilot project between the Finnish Defence Forces, Suunto and Tieto is enabling conscripts and reservists to track their physical activity and wellbeing. Participation in the project is voluntary.

12.5.2018 | Mechanised units sport demanding training objectives. One of these involves cooperating with an international training exercise detachment. Overall, international training exercise cooperation results in significant benefits affecting competence proficiency both at the level of individual soldiers and that of the training exercise troops.

Frågor om värnplikten? Regionalbyråerna stöder de värnpliktiga. Nedan finns de frågor som regionalbyråerna oftast får och svar på dem. Om svaren inte är till hjälp i din situation, bekanta dig med webbplatsen intti.fi/sv eller vänd dig vid behov t...

10.4.2017 | Challenged by the emergence of the new land warfare doctrine and set requirements for sustaining readiness, implementing command by means of C5 command and control systems equals operating in security situations that are, by default value, rapid and likely to emerge with no particular advance warning.