Non-commissioned officer, July 7, 1888
Cornet, August 8, 1889
Cornet of the Guard, July 27, 1891
Lieutenant of the Guard, August 30, 1893
Subaltern Cavalry Captain of the Guard, July 22, 1899
Cavalry Captain of the Guard, December 6, 1902
Lieutenant Colonel, October 7, 1904
Colonel, November 29, 1905
Major General, February 13, 1911 (returned to the rank of officer of
    the Guard, December 24, 1913)
Lieutenant General, April 25, 1917
General of Cavalry, March 7, 1918
Field Marshal, May 19, 1933 (in connection with the 15th
     anniversary of the end of the War of Independence)
The title of Marshal of Finland on his 75th birthday, June 4, 1942

Military Ranks (Helsinki University)

 

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