Finnish Armed Forces radio alphabet

Letter Code word Meaning
A Aarne male name
B Bertta female name
C Celsius Surname of Swedish scientist Anders Celsius
D Daavid male name
E Eemeli male name
F Faarao Finnish for pharaoh
G Gideon male name
H Heikki male name
I Iivari male name
J Jussi male name
K Kalle male name
L Lauri male name
M Matti male name
N Niilo male name
O Otto male name
P Paavo male name
Q kuu Finnish name for the letter q, also Finnish for Moon or moon
R Risto male name
S Sakari male name
T Tyyne female name
U Urho male name, also Finnish for brave (noun, i.e. 'someone who possesses courage' or a hero)
V Vihtori male name
W Viski Finnish for whisky
X äksä Finnish name for the letter x
Y Yrjö male name
Z zeta Finnish name for the letter z
Å Åke male name
Ä äiti mother
Ö öljy oil

The Finnish Defence Forces switched over to the NATO phonetic alphabet in 2005, but the Finnish one is used for Å, Ä, Ö, and digits.[1] International operations use only the NATO alphabet.

On the Finnish rail network the Finnish Armed Forces spelling alphabet was used until May 31, 2020. Starting on July 1 the railways switched to NATO phonetic alphabet, but still retained Finnish spelling words for Å, Ä, Ö, and numbers.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sotilaan käsikirja 2013 (PDF). Puolustusvoimat. 2013. p. 205. ISBN 978-951-25-2463-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  2. ^ "Rautatieliikenteen puheviestintä kansainvälistyy". Väylä.fi. Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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