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Finnish Navy The Finnish Navy has three statutory tasks related to the military defence of Finland: the surveillance of our territorial waters, repelling of territorial violations and maritime attacks, and protecting sea lines of communication. Th...

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...

8.6.2026 | Layered Counter-UAS Initiative, known as LCI-X, is a NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) initiative that enhances the Alliance’s capability to respond to a rapidly evolving UAS threat. A series of LCI-X-related testing events are carried out in Finland in four towns: Riihimäki, Turku, Oulu and Joensuu. The events take place on 1-10 June 2026, and their purpose is to test innovative solutions for detecting and destroying UAS and for the next generation communications and data transfer.

27.5.2026 | The flagship of Standing Nato Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1), Polish ORP Kontradmiral X. Czernicki, and Estonian ENS Ugandi, will conduct a scheduled port visit in Hanko arriving on 27 May 2026.

22.4.2026 | Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, (SNMG1), will conduct a scheduled port visit in Turku arriving on 22 Apr 2026, Commanded by Commodore Maryla Ingham, Royal Navy, on the flagship German frigate FGS Sachsen and Portuguese frigate NRP Dom Francisco de Almeida. The vessels will moor at Turku harbor.

18.6.2026 | Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark acted as joint hosts for the northern part of NATO’s Ramstein Flag 26 exercise, which concludes today.

22.10.2025 | A detachment from the United States Marine Corps (USMC), Marine Rotational Force - Europe, led by Combat Logistics Battalion 6, are arriving to Finland and will train together with Nyland Brigade until the end of December. The detachment will have a strength of around 350 Marines by the beginning of November and will be stationed in Nyland Brigade.

16.6.2025 | This year, the Open Regional Military Championships in Naval Pentathlon will take place in Finland, in the Upinniemi garrison on 23-28 June. The local organiser is the Coastal Brigade. The umbrella organization of military sports, International Military Sports Council (CISM), coordinates the organisation of championships and makes sure the rules are being followed.

17.10.2024 | A detachment from the United States Marine Corps, Marine Rotational Force unit, led by Combat Logistics Battalion 8, has arrived in Finland and will train together with Nyland Brigade until the end of December. The detachment with a strength of 200 Marines will be stationed in Nyland Brigade and it will mainly operate within the Brigade´s training areas.

27.6.2024 | The French amphibious assault ship FS Mistral will arrive in Helsinki for a scheduled port visit from 27 to 30 June 2024.

21.9.2020 | The Coastal Fleet’s mine countermeasures vessel Vahterpää continues the autumn NRF training period alongside the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) in the Baltic Sea until the 4 October before returning to Finland.

25.8.2020 | Minelayer Uusimaa will participate in the Swedish Navy’s anti-aircraft exercise in the Baltic Sea from 25 to 27 August 2020.

11.9.2020 | Coastal Fleet’s Minelayer Uusimaa will take part in the Sea Surveillance Exercise led by the Swedish Navy 14 - 16.9.2020. The exercise takes place in the archipelago off Stockholm and in the Northern Baltic Sea.

9.9.2020 | Two of the Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) frigates are to visit Turku from 10 to 14 September.

26.5.2020 | The Navy will participate in the Baltops 20 maritime exercise from 5 - 16 June 2020 with mine countermeasures vessel Purunpää, which will operate alongside the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1.

21.10.2019 | Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) visits Turku October 25 - 27 2019 due to an exercise with the Finnish Navy. Some of the ships will welcome visitors on Saturday October 26.

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.

1.11.2019 | A Berlin ClassCombat Support Ship, the Frankfurt am Main, will visit Helsinki 1-4 November, 2019.