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'Åland question') was one of the issues put up for arbitration by the League of Nations on its formation. Åland 's population's demand for self-determination was not met and sovereignty over the islands was retained by Finland , but international guarantees were given to allow the population to pursue its own culture, relieving the threat of ...
Åland (/ ˈ ɔː l ə n d / [9] AW-lənd, Swedish: ⓘ; Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland.Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, [1] it is the smallest region of Finland by both area (1,580 km 2 or 610 sq mi) and population (30,541), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population.
The Germans stayed in the Åland Islands until September 1918. After the war, Sweden was still willing to take the Åland Islands and wanted to solve the dispute in the Treaty of Versailles, but the question was not included. [2] A new referendum was held in 1919 and now 9,900 of the 10,000 voters wanted to join Sweden. [6]
The Åland convention of 1921 was signed on 20 October 1921 by Sweden, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, and Latvia. See also the Åland Islands dispute . References
Sweden controlled the Åland Islands from the 1200s until 1809, during which Kastelholm Castle was the focal point of many battles. In 1809, the Russian empire took Åland and Finland. In 1854, British and French forces attacked Bomarsund. The Åland Islands were then demilitarised until 1906. In 1918, Swedish and German forces occupied the
The Åland movement (Ålandsrörelsen) wanted Åland to reunite with its old mother country Sweden (Finland and Åland belonged to Sweden before 1809). The movement gathered signatures from over 7000 inhabitants of legal age at the Åland Islands in 1917 (that was about 96% of the population) - they all supported a union with Sweden.
The location of Åland An enlargeable map of the Autonomous State of Åland The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Åland Islands: Åland – autonomous , demilitarized , monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province , region and historical province of the Republic of Finland . [ 1 ]
An unofficial referendum on integration into Sweden was held in Åland in June 1919. [1] The referendum was organised by the Lagting and approved by a vote on 1 June. [1] It took the form of a petition in which voters could sign in yes or no columns. [1]