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Åland (uitspraak: [ˈoːland]) ( Zweeds: Åland; Fins: Ahvenanmaa) is een Finse regio met verregaande autonomie. Het grondgebied valt samen met de gelijknamige eilandengroep de Ålandseilanden in de Scherenzee, aan de monding van de Botnische Golf, halverwege Zweden en Finland. Tussen Zweden en Åland ligt de Ålandzee.
Thus, when Finland became a member of the European Union in 1995, Åland’s accession was dependent on the consent of the Parliament. After the population had expressed its opinion in two separate referendums and it had been decided that Åland’s relationship to the EU would be regulated in a special protocol, the Parliament of Åland expressed its consent.
The self-governing province of the Åland Islands lies off the southwest coast of Finland. Åland is an autonomous, demilitarised, Swedish-speaking region of Finland. Åland consists of more than 6,700 islands, but the current population of over 30,000 live on only 60 islands. Over 40 per cent of the inhabitants live in the only town, Mariehamn ...
Flying is a quick and convenient way of getting to Åland. Your flight is via Helsinki or Turku in Finland or Stockholm Arlanda in Sweden. It takes just 30 minutes from Stockholm Arlanda and from Turku, and less than an hour from Helsinki-Vantaa. Once you are in Åland, the airport is just five minutes by car from the town centre of Mariehamn.
The history of Åland can be traced back to roughly 4000 BCE, when humans first reached the archipelago in the Neolithic period. [1] Several Bronze Age villages have been found on Åland. During the Viking Age, six hillforts were built. Sweden controlled the Åland Islands from the 1200s until 1809, during which, Kastelholm Castle was the focal ...
Mariehamn has a population of 11 700, consisting of 6000 Ålanders and about 5500 immigrants from Finland, Sweden and other countries. Åland and Finland were parts of the Russian empire from 1809 to 1918. Mariehamn was founded in 1861 by decree of Czar Alexander II, and is named in homage to his wife Maria. The city plan was made by architect ...
Åland er medlem af EU og har euroen som valuta, men Åland har en særordning i forhold til EU: For at opretholde det vigtige toldfrie salg på fartøjer, som trafikerer mellem Finland og Sverige, tilhører Åland ikke EU's momsområde. Nationaldag: 9. juni (Selvstyredag den 9. juni 1922) Styreform: Selvstyre – inden for republikken Finland
