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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security organisation with 57 participating states.

Finland is party to several agreements and arrangements concerning conventional arms control, such as The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), and The Ottawa Treaty.

Arms control Arms control is the general term for efforts to control or restrain the quantity or control of weapons or military assets based on bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements. Arms control agreements seek to increase confiden...

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

Weapons of mass destruction are chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

Developing capabilities International co-operation assists the Finnish Defence Forces to develop its capabilities and thus strengthen our national defence system. As a NATO ally nation and a member nation of the EU, Finland has its Defence Forces ...

The Finnish Defence Forces and NATO Finland became a NATO member state on April 4th, 2023. As a NATO member, Finland is a part of alliance's common defence. A NATO membership does not diminish the need for a strong own defence. Finland's military ...

Lisätietoa Euroopan turvallisuus- ja yhteistyöjärjestöstä (ETYJ) sekä Wienin asiakirjasta sekä Avoin Taivas -sopimuksesta.

6.11.2025 | Allied Joint Publication (AJP)-01, Allied Joint Doctrine is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) capstone doctrine for Allied joint operations and activities. Finland has now published AJP-01 FI with Finnish National Elements. The doctrine is meant especially for regular personnel of the Finnish Defence Forces and for reservists and conscripts, but the document is public and available from the Finnish Defence Forces website.

Organisationen för säkerhet och samarbete i Europa (eng. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE), d.v.s. OSSE, är en regional säkerhetsorganisation med 57 deltagande stater.

17.6.2022 | Chair of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Admiral Rob Bauer will visit Finland on 16–18 June 2022. Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, General Timo Kivinen will host the visit.

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.

Naton jäsenmaiden täytyy käyttää puolustusmenoihin vähintään kaksi prosenttia bruttokansantuotteesta, mutta pääministeri Orpo on valmis satsaamaan enemmänkin.

The Finnish Defence Forces prepare to potential threats posed by the use of hazardous materials, and do so by means of CBRN activities, with the overall objective to increase the readiness to respond to situations involving hazardous materials. As part of the international Reccex 17 exercise, the Finnish Defence Forces, the Police and Nordic subject-matter experts in CBRN defence train inter-authority cooperation while operating in demanding situations.

This article was published in Ruotuväki on April 17th 2020 in Finnish. The development programme for sustained army mobility enhancement is now beginning in cooperation with Latvia and Estonia. Conducting international cooperation results in cost-effective solutions.

Terhi Suomisen mukaan Naton tulevaisuudesta ei vielä kannata olla huolissaan.

6.12.2025 | Esteemed Veterans and Lottas of our wars, esteemed Guests of Honour, Ladies and Gentlemen, Parade Troops. Ärade veteraner och lottor från våra krig, ärade inbjudna gäster, bästa publik, paradtrupper.

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...

1.8.2025 | The Defence Force's arrangement of the military music tour MILjazz continues in Northern Finland this Saturday. This year, the tour will be visited by international military music from allied countries. Among the participants is the NATO Jazz Orchestra, which consists of the SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) International Band under NATO's European command. The band is arriving in Finland from Mons in Belgium.

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...