User:XoravaX/Template:NCO and Enlisted Ranks and Insignia of Finland (alternative)

Rank Group NCOs Rank-and-file
NATO code[a] OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Field uniform[2][3][4]

Finnish Army[2][3][4]
Sotilasmestari Ylivääpeli Vääpeli Ylikersantti Kersantti Alikersantti Korpraali Sotamies
Militärmästare Överfältväbel Fältväbel Översergeant Sergeant Undersergeant Korpral Soldat
'Sergeant Major' 'Master Sergeant' 'Sergeant First Class' 'Staff Sergeant' 'Sergeant' 'Corporal' 'Private First Class' 'Private'

Finnish Navy[2][3][4]
Sotilasmestari Ylipursimies Pursimies Ylikersantti Kersantti Alikersantti Ylimatruusi Matruusi
Militärmästare Överbåtsman Båtsman Översergeant Sergeant Undersergeant Övermatros Matros
'Master Chief Petty Officer' 'Senior Chief Petty Officer' 'Chief Petty Officer' 'Petty Officer First Class' 'Petty Officer Second Class' 'Petty Officer Third Class' 'Seaman' 'Seaman Apprentice'

Finnish Air Force[2][3][4]
Sotilasmestari Ylivääpeli Vääpeli Ylikersantti Kersantti Alikersantti Korpraali Lentosotamies
Militärmästare Överfältväbel Fältväbel Översergeant Sergeant Undersergeant Korpral Soldat
'Sergeant Major' 'Master Sergeant' 'Sergeant First Class' 'Staff Sergeant' 'Sergeant' 'Corporal' 'Private First Class' 'Private'

Finnish Border Guard[5][b]
Sotilasmestari Ylivääpeli
Ylipursimies
Vääpeli
Pursimies
Ylikersantti Kersantti Alikersantti Ylirajajääkäri
Ylimatruusi
Rajajääkäri
Militärmästare Överfältväbel
Överbåtsman
Fältväbel
Båtsman
Översergeant Sergeant Undersergeant Övergränsjägare
Övermatros
Gränsjägare
'Sergeant Major'
'Master Chief Petty Officer'
'Master Sergeant'
'Senior Chief Petty Officer'
'Sergeant First Class'
'Chief Petty Officer'
'Staff Sergeant'
'Petty Officer First Class'
'Sergeant'
'Petty Officer Second Class'
'Corporal'
'Petty Officer Third Class'
'Private First Class'
'Seaman'
'Private'
NATO code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
  1. ^ Finland had an official conversion before its full membership.[1]
  2. ^ Border Guard has also separate service ranks in parallel to the military ranks.
  1. ^ Pulkki, Arto (30 January 2009). "NATO-Maiden Sotilas- Ja Palvelusarvot" (PDF). Helsingin Reservin Sanomat (in Finnish): 12–13. ISSN 0355-824X. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa" [Military ranks in the Defense Forces]. puolustusvoimat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Defence Forces. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Militärgraderna i Försvarsmakten" [Military ranks in the Defense Forces]. puolustusvoimat.fi (in Swedish). Finnish Defence Forces. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Finnish Defence Forces operational ranks". puolustusvoimat.fi. Finnish Defence Forces. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tasavallan presidentin asetus rajavartiolaitoksen sotilaskäskyasioista, sotilas- ja palvelusarvoista sekä tunnuskuvasta, ansiorististä ja ansiomitalista annetun tasavallan presidentin asetuksen muuttamisesta [Decree of the President of the Republic on amending the Decree of the President of the Republic on Border Guard Military Instructions, Military and Service Grades and Emblem, Cross of Merit and Medal of Merit] (Decree of the President of the Republic 761) (in Finnish). 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020.