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LAPLAND MILITARY BAND Premiere Finnish military music! The Lapland Military Band located in Rovaniemi is the only professional wind orchestra in Northern Finland, with 29 musicians in the ensemble. The chief conductor for the northernmost Military...

Parade Band The Conscript Band’s Parade Band consists of three sections: wind orchestra, drum group and rifle drill group. The main purpose of the Parade Band is to perform at the Defence Forces’ largest events, such as the Flag Day and the Indepe...

The Dragoon Band The Dragoon Band is a 34-member symphonic wind orchestra. The band's domicile is in Lappeenranta, in connection with the Army Academy. The Dragoon Band performs mainly in Eastern Finland. In 1921, a dragoon brigade and a band were...

The Guards Band The Representative Orchestra of the President of the Republic, the Guards Band is the oldest continuously operating professional orchestra in Finland. The band was established in 1819. Nowadays the official representative band of t...

Military bandsmen The Conscript Band of the Defence Forces offers musically talented conscripts a chance to complete their military service in a military band. Performing in events requiring distinguished performance in Finland and abroad, the Con...

How to Apply to the Conscript Band Finland? Finnish national defence is based on general conscription. Women can volunteer for military service. The requirements for military service are: Finnish citizenship, 18–29 years of age, a good state of he...

How to Become a Military Musician? The military bands recruit new players at regular intervals. The applicants must be Finnish citizens and complete the instrument proficiency test. To gain a position in a band, you must have completed the mandato...

In the course of their colourful history, military bands have performed in compositions as large as 250 musicians and taken numerous trips to perform abroad.

There is strength in youth! The Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces represents the Defence Forces both at home and abroad. It is formed each year from about 90 of the most skilled musicians in the age group entering military service. The ...

4.2.2026 | The military oath and affirmation ceremonies of contingent 1/26 will take place in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi garrisons on Saturday, 14 February 2026.

1.2.2024 | This research bulletin looks into what an IBFD-radio is and how it brings new and even revolutionary capabilities to both radio communications and electronic warfare.

4.2.2026 | The military oath and affirmation ceremonies of contingent 1/26 will take place in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi garrisons on Saturday, 14 February 2026.

8.5.2025 | On Commemoration Day of Fallen Soldiers on Sunday 18 May, a national military funeral with full honours will be held in Lappeenranta for 26 unidentified Finnish soldiers recovered from former battle sites in Russia. The event will be arranged in co-operation by the Finnish Defence Forces, City of Lappeenranta, Evangelical Lutheran Parishes’ Union in Lappeenranta, and Association for Commemoration of the Fallen.

9.3.2026 | Puhallin- ja lyömäsottajille suunnattuun kilpailuun voivat osallistua kaikki vuonna 2007 syntyneet ja sitä nuoremmat.

Tutkimuslaitoksessa tutkitaan laajasti sotilaallista maanpuolustusta ja siihen liittyviä aihepiirejä. Tutkimuslaitoksen julkaisut sisältävät laitoksen ajankohtaisista aiheista julkaisuja ja artikkeleita.

3.2.2026 | Vuoden vaihde on tuonut jälleen mukanaan muutoksia henkilöstöön. Musiikkikapteeni Aino Koskela on tuore sotilasmusiikin koulutuspäällikkö ja musiikkikapteeni Sauli Saarinen on aloittanut Puolustusvoimien varusmiessoittokunnan päällikkökapellimestarina.

12.12.2025 | Itsenäisen Suomen ja yhteisen kotimaan kunniaksi Puolustusvoimat julkaisi 6. joulukuuta uuden tulkinnan Katri Helenan vuonna 1981 julkaistusta kappaleesta Kotimaa.

Conductors Chief Conductor Major (Mus.) Ville Paakkunainen Ville Paakkunainen (born 1978) served as the chief conductor of the Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces 2017-2020. Before that, he served as the conductor of the Guards Band, the ...

1.2.2024 | This research bulletin looks into what an IBFD-radio is and how it brings new and even revolutionary capabilities to both radio communications and electronic warfare.

Conductors Chief Conductor Captain (mus.) Juhani Valtasalmi Captain (mus.) Juhani Valtasalmi (born in 1978) started in the post of the Senior Conductor of the Lapland Military Band on 1 March 2024. His previous posts were with the Conscript Band o...