Häme Regiment (Hämeen rykmentti) is a unit of the Finnish Army located in Lahti. The regiments main duty is to train conscipts and the personel of the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Frontier Guard. The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... Location within Finland Lahti (Lahtis in Swedish) is a Finnish city of 98,253 inhabitants (2003), bordering the Vesijärvi lake. ... Conscription is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority, e. ... The Finnish Defence Forces (Finnish: Puolustusvoimat) consist of 34,700 people in uniform (27,300 army, 3,000 navy, and 4,400 air force). ... The Frontier Guard (Finnish: Rajavartiolaitos) of Finland is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior. ...
Technical Training Centre (Tekninen koulutuskeskus)
Military Music School (Sotilasmusiikkikoulu)
History
The first Häme Regiment was founded in 1626 by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632 O.S.) (widely known by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and in Protestant propaganda as Lion of the North) was the king of Sweden. ...