Pohjan Pojat

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Pohjan pojat
Active	1918–1919
Country	Finland
Allegiance	Estonia
Type	Land forces
Size	2213
Motto(s)	Hakkaa päälle, pohjan poika!
Commanders
Commander	Hans Kalm

Pohjan Pojat (Estonian: Põhja Pojad; Finnish: Pohjan Pojat pronounced [ˈpo̞xjɑmˌpo̞jɑt̪]; transl. Sons of the North) was a Finnish military brigade in 1918–1919, the second group of Finnish volunteers to enlist to take part in the Estonian War of Independence and sometimes the Latvian War of Independence, closely following behind the 1st Finnish Volunteer Corps (I Suomalainen Vapaajoukko) [fi] regiment led by Colonel Martin Ekström.^[1]

Pohjan pojat fought under the command of Estonian Lieutenant Colonel Hans Kalm on the southern front in Estonia. Pohjan Pojat was the only Finnish military unit that progressed outside the Estonian national borders in the Estonian War of Independence.^[1]