Are the Aland Islands Swedish or Finnish?

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, which is one of Åland’s 16 municipalities.

How do you get to the Aland Islands?

From all three locations there’s two ways of getting to the Åland islands: by plane or by boat. Mariehamn has a tiny airport, which has flights leaving to Stockholm, Helsinki, and Turku a few times a day. Sometimes the flights to Helsinki have a layover in Turku to pick up extra passengers.

Is Aland Island a country?

It is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations, and its only official language is Swedish. It is the smallest region of Finland, constituting 0.51% of its land area and 0.54% of its population. Mariehamn is the capital city of Åland.

Is Åland Finnish?

The autonomous Finnish province of Åland is located in the Baltic Sea, at the southern end of the Gulf of Bothnia between mainland Finland and Sweden. There’s a score of things to do in this autonomous archipelago community, and a seaside setting is a given.

What language is spoken in Aland Islands?

Swedish
Åland Islands/Official languages
The Language law of Finland stipulates that Mainland Finland has two national languages, Finnish and Swedish. In the Åland Islands, the official language is Swedish only. In four Sami populated municipalities of Northern Finland, Sami is recognized as official language.

Is Finland an island?

With an archipelago of more than 40,000 islands running along much of its coastline, Finland is an island-hopping paradise in the summertime. Whether you want to travel by ferry, rent a kayak, or cycle with the sea by your side, the slower pace of island-life is like a journey back in time.

Is Aland Islands part of EU?

Although Åland is part of the EU, the province has a special status as regards, for example, the right to conduct a business, the right to own property and authorisation of duty-free sales on boats to and from Åland.

What language is spoken in Åland Islands?

How many islands does Finland have?

Finland has 98,050 freshwater islands and 80,897 sea islands. Slightly over 100,000 of our islands have an area smaller than 0.5 ha and 76,000 islands have an area greater than this. The biggest island in Sweden, Gotland, is almost twice the size of Finland’s biggest island, Soisalo.

Can you move to Finland?

If you wish to move to Finland, you will in most cases need a residence permit. If you only wish to visit Finland and stay for a maximum of 90 days, you do not need a residence permit. If you are a citizen of a visa-free country, you are allowed to stay in Finland for 90 days without a visa or a residence permit.

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