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15.7.2026 | Recruits who started their service in the Lapland Jaeger Battalion and the Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion swear the military oath or give the military affirmation in Keminmaa on Saturday, 8 August. The ceremony is held on the Keminmaa School Campus and sports field.

Conscripts at Nyland Brigade The Nyland Brigade is planned, equipped and trained for battle missions in the demanding special conditions along the coast and in the archipelago. The Nyland Brigade produces among others coastal jaeger, mortar, engin...

Nyland Brigade trains versatile coastal ranger troops with high performance capability Training The Nyland Brigade trains, among others, companies with coastal jaegers, mortar gunners and engineers as well as headquarters and signal companies, mil...

04.08.2026–20.08.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate at the Rovajärvi firing range 4 – 20 AUG 2026 daily from 08:00 to 18:00. The danger area extends to training area 4 is bordered: in south from Sa...

31.08.2026–01.09.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing with infantry weapons in Rovajärvi firing range 31 AUG – 1 SEP 2026 at all times. The Danger area extends to training area 4 and is bordered: in...

19.08.2026–27.08.2026 Kyläjärvi, Sodankylä, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing with infantry weapons in Kyläjärvi firing range 19 August - 27 August 2026 at all times. The Danger Area is the whole range; bordered in the wes...

04.08.2026–20.08.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will detonate at the Rovajärvi firing range 4 – 20 AUG 2026 daily from 08:00 to 18:00. The danger area extends to training area 4 is bordered: in south from Sa...

15.09.2026–17.09.2026 Kyläjärvi, Sodankylä, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry weapons in Kyläjärvi firing range 15 September – 17 September 2026 at all times. The Danger Area is the whole range; bordered in the we...

05.09.2026–11.09.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing with infantry weapons in Rovajärvi firing range 5 -11 SEP 2026 at all times. The Danger area extends to training area 6 and is bordered: in sout...

31.08.2026–01.09.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing with infantry weapons in Rovajärvi firing range 31 AUG – 1 SEP 2026 at all times. The Danger area extends to training area 4 and is bordered: in...

05.09.2026–11.09.2026 Rovajärvi, Kemijärvi, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing with infantry weapons in Rovajärvi firing range 5 -11 SEP 2026 at all times. The Danger area extends to training area 6 and is bordered: in sout...

15.09.2026–17.09.2026 Kyläjärvi, Sodankylä, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing infantry weapons in Kyläjärvi firing range 15 September – 17 September 2026 at all times. The Danger Area is the whole range; bordered in the we...

19.08.2026–27.08.2026 Kyläjärvi, Sodankylä, Suomi Firings notice Finnish Defence Forces will be firing with infantry weapons in Kyläjärvi firing range 19 August - 27 August 2026 at all times. The Danger Area is the whole range; bordered in the wes...

Training areas of the Finnish Navy The Navy carries out its statutory training task. Firing exercises with live ammunition are a requirement when training soldiers. Blind ammunition and simulators cannot completely replace live exercises. Movement...

5.6.2024 | The Finnish Navy will participate in exercise BALTOPS24 organized in the Baltic Sea from 5 to 20 June with vessels, coastal troops and staff officers on different command echelons. Troops from 17 countries will be involved in the exercise the total strength being some 6600 soldiers. Of these, the number of Finnish soldiers will be 330 at most.

16.10.2019 | The Finnish Navy and the German Navy will organise an exercise together October 16 - 18 2019 in the Gulf of Finland.

20.9.2019 | Exercise Northern Coasts 2019 has ended. This multinational exercise strengthened the cooperation amongst the participating navies from the Baltic Sea region. For the Finnish Navy this exercise offered a good opportunity to develop readiness and capabilities as well as to deepen the existing solid FISE-cooperation.

28.8.2019 | The exercise Northern Coasts 2019 (NOCO19) will be conducted between 2 September and 18 September 2019 in the sea areas of Denmark and Germany. The exercise is the German navy´s international invitation exercise for NATO and EU countries, as well as for NATO partner nations. The exercise is led by Germany.

1.10.2018 | Finnish Navy and Estonian Navy organize Baltic Shield 2018 -exercise together Oct 1 - 11 2018 in the Archipelago Sea and Gulf of Finland.

26.4.2016 | Finland's unique coastal areas offer excellent circumstances for exercising naval interoperability during the BALTOPS exercise. The interoperability of ships and coastal units will be put to the test during the BALTOPS16 exercise, which starts in June at the exercise area in Syndalen.