The Harakka was a primary glider produced for pilot training in Finland in the 1940s. Its design was typical of this class of aircraft a keel with a pilot's seat suspended beneath a high strut-braced monoplane wing and carrying a conventional empennage at the end of an open framework. First flown in February 1945 the type was built from plans by Finnish gliding clubs and soon replaced earlier primary gliders such as the Grunau 9 becoming a standard piece of equipment in the clubs.