Hjalmar Siilasvuo

Hjalmar Siilasvuo
Hjalmar Siilasvuo
	Hjalmar Siilasvuo (right) receiving a situation report during the Battle of Raate-Road
Born	18 March 1892; Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	11 January 1947 (aged 54); Oulu, Finland
Buried	Oulu Cemetery
Allegiance	German Empire (1915–1918); Finland (from 1918);
Service/branch	Imperial German Army; Finnish Jäger troops; Finnish Army;
Years of service	1915–1947
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	1st Division (1944–47); III Corps (1941–42; 1944); 9th Division (1939–1940);
Battles/wars	World War I Eastern Front; Finnish Civil War Battle of Tampere; Battle of Viipuri; Winter War Battle of Suomussalmi; Battle of Raate Road; Battle of Kuhmo; Continuation War Operation Silver Fox; Svir–Petrozavodsk offensive; Lapland War
Awards	Mannerheim Cross; Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland; Order of the Cross of Liberty; Order of the Sword (Sweden); Order of the German Eagle; Iron Cross, 1st Class (Germany);
Relations	General Ensio Siilasvuo (son)
Other work	Writings, Municipal Council

Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo (born Hjalmar Fridolf Strömberg, 18 March 1892 – 11 January 1947) was a Finnish lieutenant general (Finnish: kenraaliluutnantti), a knight of the Mannerheim Cross and a member of the Jäger Movement. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Winter War, Continuation War and the Lapland War.

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