Finnish Defence Forces

Finnish Defence Forces

The Finnish Defence Forces are responsible for the defence of Finland. It is a cadre army of 15,000, of which 8,900 are professional soldiers , extended with conscripts and reservists such that the standard readiness strength is 34,700 people in uniform...

 rank of Kenraalimajuri is comparable to Ranks of NATO armies officers

Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers

Rank comparison chart of all armies of NATO member states.- Officers :- Warrant officers :Warrant officers rank below officers and above enlisted servicemen....

 as OF-7

Holders of the rank in Sweden

• The Inspectors of the Army and Air Force hold this rank. As commanders of (respectively) Land Component Command and the Air Component Command, they command all units within their respective areas of responsibility defined as being operational and active.
• The commander of the Military Intelligence and Security Directorate "MUST".

Finland

In Finland a kenraalimajuri typically commands a corps or army chief of staff. The commander of Finnish Air Force

Finnish Air Force

The Finnish Air Force is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions...

 is a kenraalimajuri. There are also several special tasks for kenraalimajuri or senior.

Origin - Middle Ages

The rank was originally a pure staff officers' rank used for those who served a general.
Those staff servants were named Sergeant Major Generals. The sergeant part was later dropped.

See also

• Finnish military ranks
  Finnish military ranks
  Finnish military ranks form a system that incorporates features from Swedish, German, and Russian armed forces. In addition, the system has some typically Finnish characteristics that are mostly due to the personnel structure of the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks have official names in Finnish...
  
  
• Military ranks of the Swedish armed forces
• Swedish Armed Forces
  Swedish Armed Forces
  The Swedish Armed Forces is a Swedish Government Agency responsible for the operation of the armed forces of the Realm. The primary task of the agency is to train, organize and to deploy military forces, domestically and abroad, while maintaining the long-term ability to defend the Realm in the...
  
  
• Officer Training