päämaja
Päämaja, literally "main headquarters" in Finnish, is a term used to describe the central command post from which military or organizational leadership directs operations during a crisis or war. In Finnish military vocabulary, päämaja denotes the top-level staff and operations center where strategy, intelligence, logistics, and communications are coordinated and where decisions affecting the theater of operations are made. The term is primarily descriptive rather than tied to a single institution; it can refer to any central headquarters regardless of its exact location.
Historically, the concept has been applied to Finland’s major conflicts in the 20th century, where the army’s
In contemporary Finnish usage, päämaja can also serve metaphorically to denote the central hub of operations