Pohjan Pojat

Pohjan pojat
Active1918–1919
Country Finland
Allegiance Estonia
TypeLand forces
Size2213
Motto(s)Hakkaa päälle, pohjan poika!
Commanders
CommanderHans 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]

Hans Kalm in 1919
  1. ^ a b "Suomalaiset taistelivat puukot tanassa vapaan Viron puolesta 1919". yle.fi (in Finnish). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-10.