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The Coastal Fleet’s mine countermeasures vessel Vahterpää will attend Exercise Sandy Coast in the North Sea from 18 August to 1 September 2023.

Permit Services Diving permits The Military Museum handles applications for diving permits for sunken warships that are the property of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Military Museum oversees permits together with the Finnish Heritage Agency, the...

Item Collections The vast majority of the Military Museum's collections date from the time after Finland became independent in 1917. The museum's collections include weapons and other military technology, uniforms and other equipment, accommodatio...

26.5.2023 | A multinational Task Group of tree NATO warships will arrive in Helsinki 27th of May. The visit is a part of the group’s planned activities in the Baltic Sea area, where a strong maritime NATO presence is important for the security of the Alliance.

Accommodation, meals and clothing During the military service, you will be given free of charge accommodation, meals, clothing, health services and social support services. The Finnish Defence Forces will remain committed to sustaining and promoti...

26.5.2023 | A multinational Task Group of tree NATO warships will arrive in Helsinki 27th of May. The visit is a part of the group’s planned activities in the Baltic Sea area, where a strong maritime NATO presence is important for the security of the Alliance.

17.8.2023 | The Coastal Fleet’s mine countermeasures vessel Vahterpää will attend Exercise Sandy Coast in the North Sea from 18 August to 1 September 2023.

23.10.2025 | A successful joint exercise, football, local food, and saunas had Royal Navy sailors enthusiastic about Finland.

4.5.2020 | One of NATOS standing maritime groups will this weekend visit Helsinki and conduct a joint PASSEX (Passing Exercise) with the Finnish Coastal Fleet early next week.

18.9.2025 | After her port visit to Helsinki, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge will move on to the northern Baltic Sea in order to train together with the Finnish and Swedish Navies and Nato Standing Maritime Group SNMG1.

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.

26.9.2025 | This week, Finnish Navy has carried out NATO's Neptune Strike enhanced Vigilance Activity in the northern Baltic Sea with the USS Bainbridge, the corvette HMS Helsingborg, and the FGS Hamburg, which is part of NATO's Standing Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1).

18.9.2025 | After her port visit to Helsinki, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge will move on to the northern Baltic Sea in order to train together with the Finnish and Swedish Navies and Nato Standing Maritime Group SNMG1.

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.

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...

13.6.2024 | Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command has signed a contract with Patria Aviation Oy on project support expert services for the Squadron 2020 programme for years 2024 and 2025.

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.

17.2.2022 | The Finnish Navy's Minelayer FNS Uusimaa and German Navy's Minehunters FGS Datteln and FGS Fulda executed a Passing Exercise (PASSEX) together February 16 2022 in the Gulf of Finland.

2.3.2022 | Finland participates in a maritime joint exercise arranged by Sweden on 2.3.2022 at the sea area west of Gotland. From Finland, parts of the Defence Command Finland and defence branches, a warship and air force fighter aircraft participate.

17.2.2022 | The Finnish Navy's Minelayer FNS Uusimaa and German Navy's Minehunters FGS Datteln and FGS Fulda executed a Passing Exercise (PASSEX) together February 16 2022 in the Gulf of Finland.