Hakkapeliitta
Hakkapeliitta (from Finnish: hakkaa päälle "hau drauf!") Was a popular name for the mounted Finnish soldiers who fought for Sweden in Germany during the Thirty Years' War . Its most famous commander-in-chief was Torsten Stålhandske from 1630 to 1644. However, there were Hakkapeliites beyond the Thirty Years' War; they took part in all the Swedish wars of the 17th century.
During the Thirty Years War there were three cavalry regiments in the Swedish army from the Finnish part of Sweden: Nylands och Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente, Åbo och Björneborgs läns kavalleriregemente and Viborgs och Nyslotts läns kavalleriregemente.
In 1891 the traditional Hakkapelite march was publicly accepted by the Prussian army as the March of the Finnish Cavalry or Swedish Cavalry March .
The Finnish tire manufacturer Nokian Tires (Nokian Renkaat) has been calling its winter tires "Hakkapeliitta" since 1936 .