Commemoration Day of Fallen Soldiers

Commemoration Day of Fallen Soldiers (Finnish: kaatuneitten muistopäivä, Swedish: de stupades dag) is the commemoration day observed in Finland on the third Sunday of May for the soldiers killed in the Winter War and Finnish Civil War 1918.

There were also members of Lotta Svärd, who also were victims of war serving in uniforms on the front.

Nowadays the day also commemorates Finnish soldiers killed in United Nations peacekeeping missions.

[2] The idea of the day was raised in the bishops' meeting in April 1940.

The day is a religious one, which includes remembering dead soldiers in the local grave yards after church services.