# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaakko-valtanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:51:34.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaakko-valtanen"
name: "Jaakko Valtanen"
slug: "jaakko-valtanen"
description: "Jaakko Valtanen was a Finnish general. He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces from 1983 to 1990. He was the last Finnish Chief of Defence to have served in the Continuation War. He was the first guest to greet the President of Finland in the annual Independence Day Receptions from 2016 until his death. Valtanen died in Kauniainen on 17 January 2024, at the age of 98."
tagline: "Finnish general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valtanen_ja_Simelius_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1925-02-09"
deathDate: "2024-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.802664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Valtanen"
    title: "Jaakko Valtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Valtanen"
    title: "Jaakko Valtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95_%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%9F"
    title: "יאקו ולטנן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Valtanen"
    title: "Jaakko Valtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakko_Valtanen"
    title: "Jaakko Valtanen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11865568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump