Janne Lehtonen

Janne Lehtonen (born 24 March 1983 ), sometimes referred to by his nickname 'Janezkyy', is a Finnish entrepreneur, firefighter, and former Special Operation Forces soldier for the Finnish Navy, He is known to be one of the very first people to be recruited to the official Finnish Special Forces of the Navy.

Career Military service Lehtonen, interested at visual arts when younger, served on the Finnish Navy's Special Operation Forces (SOF) unit for 13 years. In the early 2000's, he was one of the very first people that got in to the Finland's Special Forces of the Navy, upon the unit's discovery in the Gulf of Finland Naval Command, present day Coastal Brigade in Upinniemi. There he worked on the Finnish minelayer Pohjanmaa of the 5th Mine Warfare Squadron.

In 2015, he moved to the private sector to work for a finnish private security company, which brought him back to Afghanistan for person security missions.

Television In 2022, he started as the head instructor in finnish reality television show Erikoisjoukot, alongside other instructors, ex-soldiers Jan Knutti, Matias Petäistö and Robin Hendry. In 2023, Lehtonen competed in the first season of the Finnish version of The Amazing Race with his ex-Special Forces colleague Robin Hendry. He has also appeared in a finnish talk-show .

Publications Lehtonen is also an author; his first biography was officially published in May 2025 in corporation with Kati Pukki, publisher of WSOY. In his book, Lehtonen writes about his childhood, how he became a Special Forces operator and what some of the operations held in. with former Special Forces colleague Robin Hendry. He has run his own tattoo studio and co-owns a CrossFit gym, CrossFit Woima, at his hometown Kerava. He has also regularly held public speeches about important topics; such as physical and mental health, motivation and leadership. They have two children and they divorced in 2024.

He has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and has told that the traumatic "close call" experiences he had experienced on the Special Forces have still left marks in his head. He has however got help and spoken about it to be able to "control" the feelings better.

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