Åland is demilitarised. This means that there may be no military presence and that the Islands may not be fortified. Åland is also neutralised, and must...

The Invasion of Åland was a 1918 military campaign of World War I in Åland, Finland. The islands, still hosting Soviet Russian troops, were first invaded...

the Åland War in the 1850s. The autonomous status of Åland was affirmed by a decision made by the League of Nations in 1921 following the Åland Islands...

Åland: Ålänningens sång Coat of arms of Åland Flag of Åland Public holidays in Åland Sport in Åland Ålands Fotbollförbund Åland Islands national football...

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...

Battle of Bomarsund in Åland. Although the name of the war refers to Åland, skirmishes were also fought in other coastal towns of Finland in the Gulf of Bothnia...

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...

Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied and annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas...

The Åland Coalition (Swedish: Åländsk Samling; ÅS) is a political alliance of the main Åland parties formed to contest the Åland seat in the Parliament...

about an era of political reform in Sweden. Sweden intervened militarily in Åland after the collapse of Russia into civil war and the advent of Finnish independence...

Prästö is an island in the municipality of Sund in Åland, Finland. It is connected to the Åland Mainland by the Bomarsund Bridge crossing the narrow Bomarsund...

countries (none of which belong to the European Union) the Åland Islands autonomous region is a full part of the Finnish state, and an Åland Islands passport...

overwhelming majority of its people are Finland Swedes. The sole language of Åland is Swedish/Finland Swedish, unlike the rest of the country where Finnish...

non-military service of Åland has not been arranged since the introduction of the act, and there are no plans to institute it. The inhabitants of Åland can...

and First Findings. Working Papers from the Åland Islands Peace Institute. Mariehamn [Finland]: The Åland Islands Peace Institute. Archived from the original...

territory of Åland in peacetime (in times of war the FDF has the duty of defending Åland due to international treaties starting from the Åland crisis which...

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. It is organized into three service...

or half the time of their remaining non-military service at the time of refusal. In theory, male citizens from the demilitarized Åland region are to serve...

soup Åland's pancake typically made of leftover porridge and served with plum jam Swedish svartbröd ('black bread') is eaten in Swedish-speaking Åland; similar...

Consulate of the Russian Federation in Åland is a Russian diplomatic mission in Finland's autonomous Åland region. The consulate is located in Åland's capital...

Observer Force. Åland – The Åland Convention of 1921, which was concluded following a decision of the League of Nations in response to the Åland crisis, mandates...

song festival in Mariehamn 1922. In Åland, the song is mostly sung on Midsummer's Eve and on the national day of Åland on 9 June. The song originally had...

Kurt Aland FBA (28 March 1915 – 13 April 1994) was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded...

handled by the provinces, are on the Åland Islands transferred to the autonomous Government of Åland. b. ^ The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. The...

states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland. The...

insufficient in Sweden for a military engagement on Åland: the Rightist Party was in favor, the Social Democrats were split, and a majority of the Farmers party...

The military history of the Soviet Union began in the days following the 1917 October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power. In 1918 the new...

non-military service of Åland islands has not been arranged since the introduction of the act, and there are no plans to institute it. The inhabitants of...

September 2015, Russia launched a military intervention in Syria after a request by the government of Bashar al-Assad for military support in its fight against...

regional councils serve on Mainland Finland are on Åland handled by the autonomous Government of Åland. The names for Finland in its Sami languages are:...