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| Intelligence Division of Defence Command | |
|---|---|
| Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto Huvudstabens underrättelseavdelning | |
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| Active | Since 11 February 1918 |
| Country |  Finland |
| Role | Military intelligence |
| Part of | Defence Command |
| Garrison | Guard's Garrison, Fabianinkatu 2, Helsinki, Finland |
| Engagements | |
| Website | puolustusvoimat.fi |
| Commanders | |
| Chief of Intelligence | Rear Adimiral Juha Vauhkonen |
| Notable commanders | Major General Harri Ohra-aho |
The Intelligence Division of Defence Command (Finnish: Pääesikunnan tiedusteluosasto, PE TIEDOS; Fenno-Swedish: Huvudstabens underrättelseavdelning) is the unit in charge of Finnish military intelligence. Operational since the creation of the Finnish Defence Forces, its responsibility as a military intelligence service is to support the defence of Finland through information gathering and analysis with the Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency under its command.
The division's predecessors have been organized within Defence Command of the Finnish Defence Forces under multiple names and configurations—partly to conceal covert operations.[1] The first iteration, the Information Office, was created in 1918 at the start of the Finnish Civil War.
- ^ Kosonen, Matti (2001). Raja railona aukeaa: tiedustelua Neuvosto-Karjalassa vuosina 1920–1939 [The border opens like a crack in ice: intelligence in Soviet Karelia during 1920–1939] (in Finnish). Joensuu: Kustannusyhtiö Ilias. ISBN 952-5309-18-5.