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Facts
GEOGRAPHY: The Åland Islands occupy a position of great strategic importance, as they command one of the entrances to the port of
Stockholm, as well as the approaches to the Gulf of Bothnia, in addition to being situated near the Gulf of Finland.
POLITICS: The Åland Islands are governed according to the Act on Åland Autonomy and international treaties, which guarantees autonomy
and demilitarized status. The Government of Åland, or Landskapsregering, is dependent on the Parliament of Åland, or Lagting, according to
the principles of parliamentarism.
HISTORY: The Åland Islands were among the territory ceded to Russia by Sweden under the treaty of Fredrikshamn in September 1809;
they became part of the semi-autonomous Grand duchy of Finland. In the course of the 20th century, the Finnish sovereignty has been
perceived as benevolent, and even beneficial, by increasing numbers of the islanders. Together with disappointment over insufficient support
from Sweden in the League of Nations, Swedish disrespect for Åland's demilitarised status in the 1930s, and to some degree a feeling of
shared destiny with Finland during and after World War II, this has resulted in a changed perception of Åland's relation to Finland: from "a
Swedish province in Finnish possession" to "an autonomous part of Finland".
CAPITAL CITY: Mariehamn
Stockholm, as well as the approaches to the Gulf of Bothnia, in addition to being situated near the Gulf of Finland.
POLITICS: The Åland Islands are governed according to the Act on Åland Autonomy and international treaties, which guarantees autonomy
and demilitarized status. The Government of Åland, or Landskapsregering, is dependent on the Parliament of Åland, or Lagting, according to
the principles of parliamentarism.
HISTORY: The Åland Islands were among the territory ceded to Russia by Sweden under the treaty of Fredrikshamn in September 1809;
they became part of the semi-autonomous Grand duchy of Finland. In the course of the 20th century, the Finnish sovereignty has been
perceived as benevolent, and even beneficial, by increasing numbers of the islanders. Together with disappointment over insufficient support
from Sweden in the League of Nations, Swedish disrespect for Åland's demilitarised status in the 1930s, and to some degree a feeling of
shared destiny with Finland during and after World War II, this has resulted in a changed perception of Åland's relation to Finland: from "a
Swedish province in Finnish possession" to "an autonomous part of Finland".
CAPITAL CITY: Mariehamn
Attractions
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Åland's Official Site
http://www.aland.fi/alandinbrief/innehall.htm
http://www.aland.fi/alandinbrief/innehall.htm
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Åland Islands
Guidehttp://www.tte.ch/finland/aland/
Guidehttp://www.tte.ch/finland/aland/
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Baltic Islands Network
http://www.b7.org/
http://www.b7.org/
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