Harmonising Defence Forces retirement ages
Act repealing section 50, subsection 4 of the Act on the Defence Forces
Rules on the retirement ages of Finnish Defence Forces personnel will be clarified by repealing an old exception. The change will ensure that increases to the retirement age apply equally across all personnel and that no one's service ends before their pension entitlement begins.
- Status
- Passed
- Submitted
- 12 Sep 2024
- Latest event
- 20 Nov 2024
- Votes
- 0
- Speeches
- 2
- Confirmed
- 5 Dec 2024
- Statute
- 715/2024
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
A transitional provision in the Act on the Defence Forces that has allowed earlier, lower retirement ages to be applied to staff serving at the end of 2007 will be repealed. All personnel will be subject to the increased retirement ages under the 2018 pension reform.
What it means
The change affects approximately 3,800 officials in the Finnish Defence Forces who were in service on 31 December 2007. It removes ambiguities of interpretation, prevents public-service employment from terminating before old-age pension entitlement begins, and harmonises the decision-making practice of Keva and other authorities as soon as the act enters into force.
How Parliament voted
The bill passed without a vote – no MP proposed rejecting or amending it in plenary.
Debate in the chamber
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2 speeches · 2 speakers · 1 debate
Keskustelu päättyi. Asia lähetettiin puolustusvaliokuntaan.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 12 Sep 2024Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Puolustusministeriö
- 1 Oct 2024Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 7 Nov 2024Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · puolustusvaliokunta
- 12 Nov 2024Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 15 Nov 2024Toinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 19 Nov 2024Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal1
- 1Laki puolustusvoimista annetun lain 50 §:n 4 momentin kumoamisestaHyväksytty · 715/2024 · 5 Dec 2024
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Laki puolustusvoimista annetun lain 50 §:n 4 momentin kumoamisesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti säädetään:
1 §
Tällä lailla kumotaan puolustusvoimista annetun lain (551/2007) 50 §:n 4 momentti, sellaisena kuin se on laissa 678/2008.
2 §
Tämä laki tulee voimaan päivänä kuuta 20 .
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 13 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.