Åland Islands

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archipelago autonomous region region of Finland

The Åland Islands are an autonomous, Swedish-speaking archipelago region of Finland known for their strategic location in the Baltic Sea and extensive self-governance.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Åland 3
Åboland 1
Åland (informally) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
autonomous region ⓘ
region of Finland ⓘ
area about 1550 square kilometres ⓘ
autonomyRecognizedBy League of Nations ⓘ
belongsTo Nordic countries ⓘ
belongsToProvinceSystemOf Finland ⓘ
borderingWaterBody Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ
Bothnian Sea ⓘ
surface form: Sea of Åland
callingCode +358 18 ⓘ
capital Mariehamn ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Åland ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
currency euro ⓘ
demilitarized true ⓘ
disputeResolvedIn 1921 ⓘ
EUStatus outside EU VAT area ⓘ
flag Flag of Åland ⓘ
governingAct Act on the Autonomy of Åland ⓘ
hasAutonomy true ⓘ
hasParliament Parliament of Åland ⓘ
headOfGovernment Premier of Åland ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 AX ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 ALA ⓘ
largestCity Mariehamn ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Åland ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
mainIndustry agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
memberOf Nordic Council ⓘ
minorityLanguage Finnish ⓘ
neutralized true ⓘ
numberOfIslands over 6500 ⓘ
officialLanguage Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish
officialStatusLanguage Swedish ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.aland.ax ⓘ
partOf Finland ⓘ
population about 30000 ⓘ
sea Baltic Sea ⓘ
selfGoverning true ⓘ
specialStatusIn European Union ⓘ
strategicLocation entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
usesCurrency Euro ⓘ
surface form: euro
vehicleRegistrationCode AX ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Turku and Pori Province
this entity surface form: Åland
Southwest Finland → borders → Åland Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Åland
this entity surface form: Åboland
Port of Stockholm → connectsTo → Åland Islands ⓘ
Moscow Peace Treaty → demilitarizedArea → Åland Islands ⓘ
Nordic Americans → hasAncestralOrigin → Åland Islands ⓘ
Finland → hasAutonomousRegion → Åland Islands ⓘ
Baltic Sea → hasIsland → Åland Islands ⓘ
Nordic countries → hasMember → Åland Islands ⓘ
Nordic → hasPart → Åland Islands ⓘ
Finland Swedish → hasSpeakerCommunity → Åland Islands ⓘ
Nordic Council → member → Åland Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Åland
North Germanic languages → spokenIn → Åland Islands ⓘ
Swedish language → spokenIn → Åland Islands ⓘ
SEK → usedIn → Åland Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Åland (informally)
Finnish markka → wasLegalTenderIn → Åland Islands ⓘ