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Åland (Swedish: [ˈǒːland] ⓘ; 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) and population (30,129), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population.
Outline 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] The Åland Islands form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea at the entrance to ...
The Åland Islands dispute (Swedish: Ålandsfrågan, lit. '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 ...
Mariehamn (/ məˈriːəhɑːmən / mə-REE-ə-hah-mən, [ 9 ]Finland Swedish: [mɑriːeˈhɑmn] ⓘ; Finnish: Maarianhamina [ˈmɑːriɑnˌhɑminɑ]; Latin: Portus Mariae) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of ...
The flag of Åland (Swedish: Ålands flagga; Finnish: Ahvenanmaan lippu) is a yellow or gold Nordic cross with another red cross inside on a blue background with the vertical bar shifted towards the hoist side. [1] It is intended to resemble the Swedish flag defaced by a red cross symbolizing Finland. [2] The flag was officially adopted as the ...
Politics of Åland. Politics of the Åland Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic autonomous, demilitarised, and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland, whereby the Lantråd is the head of government, and of a multi-party system . The Åland Islands are governed according to the Act on Åland Autonomy ...
The levels of education in Åland are primary, secondary and higher education. Education is compulsory between the ages of 6 and 15. Compulsory education consists of six years of primary and three years of lower secondary education. Upon completion of the third year of lower secondary education students can continue to the upper secondary ...
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.