The Åland Islands, or simply Åland, is an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations.
Åland’s autonomous status means that those provincial powers normally exercised by representatives of the central Finnish government are largely exercised by its own government. The current demilitarised, neutral position of Åland dates back to the days of the Paris Peace Treaty after the Åland War in the 1850s.
Websites
- Aland Post
- Groupement Philatélique France Scandinavie
- Scandinavia Philatelic Society
- Scandinavian Collectors Club
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