Ranks: Finland

v.1.1 March 25, 2001

This version corrects an error in v.1.0 posted February 25, 2001. The ranks we had given as Swedish are actually the Finnish ranks in Swedish: Finland officially uses both languages. Swedish ranks can be found under the heading of Sweden in the ranks list. We thank Mr. Jani Neimenmaa of Sweden for the correction

Source for Finnish ranks:

The ranks do not correspond exactly, in some cases, to their British counterparts, but are used by the Finnish military when dealing with international organizations, for example, the United Nations.

 

Finnish

Swedish

English

Kenraali

General

General

Kenraaliluutnantti

Generallöjtnant

Lieutenant General

Kenraalimajur

Generalmajor

Major General

Prikaatikenraali

Brigadgeneral

Brigadier General

Eversti

Överste

Colonel

Everstiluutnantti

Överstelöjtnant

Lieutenant Colonel

Majuri

Major

Major

Kapteeni

Kapten

Captain

Yliluutnantti

Premiärlöjtnant

Senior Lieutenant

Luutnantti

Löjtnant

Lieutenant

Vänrikki

Fänrik

Second Lieutenant

Sotilasmestari

Militärmestare

Chief Warrant Officer

Ylivääpeli

Överfältväbel

Senior Warrant Officer

Vääpeli

Fältväbel

Warrant Officer

Ylikersantti

Översergeant

Staff Sergeant

Kersantti

Sergeant S

ergeant

Alikersantti

Undersergeant

Corporal

Korpraali

Korpral

Lance Corporal/Airman 1st Class

Sotamies

Soldat

Private

 

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