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Åland Islands
Flag of Åland
Flag
Coat of arms of Åland
Coat of arms
Motto: "Islands of Peace"
Anthem: Ålänningens sång
Location of Åland
Capital
and largest city
 Mariehamn
Official languages Swedish
Demonym(s)
    • Ålandic
    • Ålandish
    • Ålänning
    • Åländare
  • Ahvenanmaalainen
Government Autonomous region of Finland
• Governora
 Peter Lindbäck
• Premier
 Katrin Sjögren
Autonomy
• Declared
 1920
• Recognized
 1921b
Area
• Total
 1,580 km2 (610 sq mi) (unranked)
Population
• 2011 estimate
 28,355
• Density
 18.14/km2 (47.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate
• Total
 $1.563 billion
• Per capita
 $55,829
HDI (2007) 0.967
very high
Currency Euro (€)d (EUR)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
 UTC+3 (EEST)
Calling code +358e
ISO 3166 code AX
Internet TLD .axf
  1. The governorship is an administrative post appointed by the Government of Finland and does not have any authority over the autonomous Government of Åland.
  2. Settled by the League of Nations following the Åland crisis.
  3. Åland held a separate referendum and then joined at the same time as the rest of Finland.
  4. Until 1999, the Finnish markka. The Swedish krona (SEK) is also widely used.
  5. Area code 18.
  6. Replacing .aland.fi from August 2006. The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with Finland and the rest of European Union member states.

The Åland Islands (Swedish: Åland (pronounced), Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an autonomous, demilitarized, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province, region and historical province of Finland. It is the smallest province of Finland, comprising 0.5% of Finland's population and 0.49% of land area.

Images for kids

  • Geographisch delineation öffver Ålandh

    Swedish Map of Åland from before 1667 with shipping lanes, harbours, churches and various boundaries marked

  • Alands

    The Åland Islands during the Crimean War. It was here that the Battle of Bomarsund was fought.

  • Aland Islands License Plate

    An Åland licence plate

  • Vandring Åland

    People hiking in Åland

  • Degersand

    The Degersand Beach in Eckerö.

  • SoedraLinjen 15

    Sheep grazing on a small island.

  • Mariehamn Airport

    Mariehamn Airport in Jomala

  • SoedraLinjen 05

    Ferry port in Överö [sv], Föglö

  • 201109 - Åland (Mariehamn) (2)

    Torggatan, a pedestrian street in the city of Mariehamn

  • Ålandsbanken, Mariehamn, 2019 (01)

    The Bank of Åland at Nygatan in the city of Mariehamn

  • Ålands lyceum May 2016 04

    Ålands Lyceum, a gymnasium in Mariehamn

  • Jomala church 2 retouched

    The St. Olaf's Church, Jomala, is the oldest in Åland

  • Aaland 1

    The sailing ship Linden (center) in Östra Hamnen, Mariehamn's eastern port

  • Wiklof Holding Arena Mariehamn

    Wiklof Holding Arena

  • Georg August Wallin (1811-1852), Scandinavian orientalist and explorer

    G. A. Wallin (1811–1852)

See also

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