• Source: Special officer (Finland)

In the Finnish Defence Forces, special officers (Finnish: Erikoisupseeri : erikois + upseeri) are a group of military personnel which are officers assigned to tasks in areas that required special non-military training: medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, music, economics and technical fields. Their military ranks range from lieutenant to lieutenant general.
The majority of special officers are engineers, eligibility requirement being master's degree in engineering or an engineering degree or a university degree suitable for the position, in addition to non-commissioned officer or reserve officer training.
As of 2023 there are about 800 special officers.
Examples of duties of a special officer include: System Engineer, Conductor, Flight Test Engineer, Mechanical Officer, Quality Manager, Teaching Engineer, Chief Medical Officer, Sector Leader, Military Engineer, Military Doctor, Military Chaplain, Electrical Engineer, Research Engineer, Warehouse Manager.




Notable special officers


Jukka Juusti, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense (2016-2021), engineer lieutenant general
Kari Renko, director of the logistics department of the Defense Forces (2020-2022), engineer major general
Kimmo Koskenvuo, Chief Medical Officer of Finnish Defense Forces (1978-1996), medical lieutenant general
Pekka Somer, Chief Medical Officer of the Defense Forces (1953–1967), medical lieutenant-general




See also


Specialist (rank)
Military chaplain




References

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• Horst Köhler
• Reino Ragnar Lehto
• Toomas Hendrik Ilves
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