List of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces

This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since Finland's independence from Russian in 1917/18.

Chiefs of Defence

 * General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1918
 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1918
 * Major-General Vilhelm Aleksander Thesleff 1918
 * Colonel Karl Rudolf Walden 1918
 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkman 1919
 * Major-General Kaarlo Edward Kivekäs 1919
 * Major-General Karl Fredrik Wilkama 1919–1924
 * Lieutenant General Vilho Petter Nenonen 1924–1925
 * Colonel Lauri Malmberg 1925
 * Lieutenant General Karl Fredrik Wilkama 1925–1926
 * Lieutenant General Aarne Sihvo 22 May 1926 – 13 January 1933
 * Lieutenant General Hugo Viktor Österman 1933–1939
 * Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1939–1944
 * General Axel Erik Heinrichs 1944–1945
 * Lieutenant General Jarl Frithiof Lundqvist 1945–1946
 * General Aarne Sihvo 1946–1953
 * General Kaarlo Aleksander Heiskanen 1953–1959
 * General Jaakko Sakari Simelius 1959–1965
 * General Yrjö Ilmari Keinonen 1965–1969
 * General Kaarlo Olavi Leinonen 1969–1974
 * General Lauri Sutela 1974–1983
 * General Jaakko Valtanen 1983–1990
 * Admiral Jan Klenberg 1990–1994
 * General Gustav Hägglund 1994–2001
 * Admiral Juhani Kaskeala 2001–2009
 * General Ari Puheloinen 2009–2014
 * General Jarmo Lindberg 2014–2019
 * General Timo Kivinen 2019–

Other

 * General Adolf Ehrnrooth 1905–2004