- Source: 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