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.

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 22.5.1926 - 13.1.1933
 * 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 1 October 2009 - incumbent

Other

 * General Adolf Ehrnrooth 1905–2004