8 September 1941
Detachment Marttinen captures Syväri railstation and cuts the Murmansk track.
Finns capture Prääžä in East Karelia.
German Army Group North captures Pähkinälinna (Petrokrepost).
The siege of Leningrad begins.
Finnish daily losses: 149
Russian tank that struck a mine has flipped upside down by the force of the explosion. (Prääžä)
Mannerheim Cross recipient(s):
Captain Eero Kivelä
- For showing personal bravery by leading IR 27 into battle numerous times from the front.