Finnish Army

Finnish Army
Finnish Army
Maavoimat (Finnish); Armén (Swedish)
	Emblem of the Finnish Army
Founded	2008 (independent branch of Finnish Defence Forces)
Country	Finland
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	3,610 staff; 770 civilians; 18,400 conscripts; 18,400 reservists in refresher training; 760 deployed in crisis management; 180,000 wartime strength;
Part of	Finnish Defence Forces
March	March of the Finnish cavalry in the Thirty Years' War
Anniversaries	24 February
Engagements	Finnish Civil War; Winter War; Continuation War; Lapland War; UNIFIL; KFOR; War in Afghanistan; EUTM Mali;
Website	maavoimat.fi/en
Commanders
Commander	Lieutenant-General Pasi Välimäki
Insignia
Flag

The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat, Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: the infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops. The commander of the Finnish Army since 1 January 2022 is Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki.

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