Åland Islands

Profile manager: Norm Lindquist [send private message]

• [from WikiPedia]: The Åland Islands or Åland (Swedish: Åland; Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking region of Finland that consists of an archipelago lying at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. Collectively, the islands in the archipelago form the smallest region of Finland, constituting 0.49% of its land area and 0.50% of its population.

Åland comprises Fasta Åland ("Main Island", on which 90% of the population resides) and a further 6,500 skerries and islands to its east. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Sweden by 38 kilometres (24 mi) of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is contiguous with the Finnish Archipelago Sea.

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. see more

Goal

The goal of this project is to promote this smallest region of Finland. Åland has a unique culture with ties to both Sweden and Finland.

Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Norm Lindquist.

Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.

• Identify those who have roots in the farious sub regions of Åland
• Identify emmigrants from Åland
• Identify special places in the Åland Islands, e.g. Lågskär

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!