Finnish Armed Forces radio alphabet

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.

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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

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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]

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Finnish Armed Forces radio alphabet

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