Pori Brigade

Porin Prikaati
The colour of the Brigade has different emblems on its sides. On the one side, coat-of-arms of Southwest Finland, on the other, the coat-of-arms of Satakunta is featured. The main colour scheme follows the colours of Satakunta.
Active	16 February 1626–1809: Björneborgs Regemente (Pori Regiment) Swedish Army 1881–1901: Suomen 2. tarkk'ampujapataljoona (2nd Sharpshooter Battalion of Finland) 1918–1939: Porin rykmentti (Pori Regiment) 1939-1940: I/1. Pr (1st Battalkion of the 1st Brigade) 1946–1957: Jalkaväkirykmentti 6 (Infantry Regiment 6) 1957–: Porin Prikaati (Pori Brigade)
Country	Finland
Branch	Finnish Army
Type	Combined arms
Role	Finnish Army Readiness Brigade International operations of Finnish Army
Motto(s)	Kunnia, velvollisuus, tahto (Honor, duty, will)
March	Uudenmaan Tarkk'ampujapataljoonan kunniamarssi
Mascot(s)	Crowned bear wielding a sword
Equipment	Sisu Pasi Sisu E11 RK 95 TP, MRLS, 155K98
Decorations	Ribbon of Order of the Cross of Liberty as a streamer, with text "Satakunta, Pori".
Battle honours	Battle of Lützen, 30 years war; Battle of Narva, Battle of Poltava, Great Northern War; Finnish War; Satakunta front, Finnish Civil War; Summa, Winter War; Karelian Isthmus 1944, Continuation War, inter alia
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Arto-Pekka Nurminen

The Pori Brigade (Finnish: Porin Prikaati), based in Huovinrinne, Säkylä, is a Finnish Army unit, directly under the Army headquarters. It comprises six battalion-level units and also trains soldiers for the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force.

Pori Brigade traditions date back to the 17th century. On 16 February 1626, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden founded the Royal Pori Regiment during the Thirty Years' War. The regiment served in most wars of the great power era of Sweden, and was destroyed and reformed several times during the Great Northern War.

The regiment fought first as a part of the 1st Brigade and later as a part of the 2nd Brigade during the Finnish War and was effectively destroyed during the winter 1809 as a result of casualties, disease and hunger. The remainder of the unit was disbanded when the Swedish army of Finland surrendered at Kalix RiverHowever, in 1855, when the conscription based on Swedish-era allotment system was reintroduced, also the allotments of Pori Regiment founded a conscripted sharpshooter battalion which was disbanded with other allotment system battalions in 1868. The introduction of conscription in 1878 lead to the founding of the 2nd Finnish Sharpshooter Battalion, which is included in the lineage of the brigade. The battalion, which never saw combat, was disbanded in 1901 as a part of the russification measures of the Russian Imperial Government.

During the Finnish Civil War in 1918, Pori Regiment fought on the South-western front and was garrisoned in Turku after the war.

Its men took successfully part in the Winter War and the Continuation War while serving in a number of regiments. The Infantry Regiment 6 became the peace-time unit garrisoned in Turku after the general demobilisation following the Continuation War. As the Finnish Army units were given provincial names in 1957, the unit received its present name, Pori Brigade.