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Åland

autonomous region of Finland
Administrative Area Region of Finland Q5689

Facts

50 properties

Identity

Instance of
region of Finland (1920–present), autonomous region (1920–present), demilitarized zone (1856–present), NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity of Finland, NUTS 1 statistical territorial entity, historical province of Finland[6][7][8][9][10]
Official website
www.regeringen.ax
Native label
Åland
Official name
Åland

Location

Country
Finland (1918–present), Russian Empire (1809–1918), Sweden (?–1809)[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 60.250°, 20.000°
Located in or next to body of water
Sea of Åland, Archipelago Sea[3][4]
Shares border with
Southwest Finland, Stockholm County, Uppsala County, international waters[14][15][16][17]

Population and size

Area
1,582.93 km² (2021)
Elevation above sea level
129 m
Highest point
Orrdalsklint[48]
Population
31k (22k–31k, n=45)

Codes

Local dialing code
+358 (18)[44]
Located in time zone
UTC+02:00, Eastern European Time, UTC+03:00[41][42][43]
More facts +36
Part of
Northern Europe, Nordic countries[38][39]
Anthem
Ålänningens sång (1922–present)[19]
Bibliography
bibliography of the Aland Islands
Capital
Mariehamn[11]
Coat of arms
coat of arms of Åland[37]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Brändö, Kumlinge, Vårdö, Saltvik, Sund, Finström, Geta, Hammarland, Eckerö, Jomala, Lemland, Lumparland
+4 moreFöglö, Sottunga, Kökar, Mariehamn
[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
Contains the statistical territorial entity
Åland archipelago, Åland countryside, Mariehamn sub-region
Currency
euro (2002–present), Finnish markka (?–2002)[13]
Demographics of topic
demographics of Åland Islands
Demonym
alandês, alandesa, Ålandic, ålänning, ahvenanmaalainen, Alandesi, prebivalec Alandskih otokov, prebivalka Alandskih otokov
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Great dictionary of geographical names, Riegerův slovník naučný, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Belarusian encyclopedia
Different from
Oland, Åland Islands archipelago
Driving side
right
Economy of topic
economy of Åland
Emergency phone number
112
Executive body
Government of Åland[36]
Flag
flag of Åland Islands[34]
Geography of topic
geography of Åland
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Aland
Has part(s)
Fasta Åland, Åland Islands archipelago[46][47]
Head of government
Katrin Sjögren[5]
History of topic
history of the Åland Islands
Language used
Swedish
Legislative body
Parliament of Åland[35]
Member of
Nordic Council[1]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C44481
Nominal GDP per capita
1,194,000,000 EUR (2017)
Office held by the head of government
lantråd
Official language
Swedish[12]
Official symbol
roe deer, White-tailed Eagle (1985–present), pike, Primula veris, limestone (1989–present), Kyrksunden (2011–present)
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Permanent duplicated item
Ålands landskab
Significant event
Treaty of Fredrikshamn (1809), Treaty of Paris (1856), Åland status referendum, 1919, Åland convention, Agreement between the USSR and Finland on the Åland Islands, Парижский мирный договор с Финляндией (1947)[49][50][51]
Top-level Internet domain
.ax (2006–present)[18]
Unicode character
🇦🇽[45]
Vehicle registration plate code
FIN (1993–2025), AX (2025–present)[40]
🗺️ Map
🏷️ Also known as
en Aaland en ax en Ahvenanmaa en Aland en Aaland Islands en Åland en Aland Islands en Åland Islands en Aland Isles en Åland region ar AX ar جزر أولاند cs Alandské ostrovy cs Ålandy cs Alandy da Ålandsøerne da Ahvenanmaa de Ålandinseln de Ahvenanmaa de Landskapet Åland
🔖 Identifiers · 101
ISNI
0000000112195448
VIAF cluster ID
122565375
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 122565375 BnF data 155637967 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82001886
GND ID
4079677-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alands flag.jpg ↗
AllTrails trail ID
aland-islands
Apple Maps "auid" identifier
9387342758704372644
ArchINFORM location ID
42190
BabelNet ID
00000175n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13537938x
Bing entity ID
ab8a831d-0b71-1ead-44a6-e6abe024bb96
Booru tag
aland
Show all 101 identifiers +89
British Museum place ID
x108525
CAB ID
16585
CANTIC ID
981058615908306706
Climate Policy Radar Topics
Giuseppe Farina
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/Finland/Åland/
Data Commons ID
nuts/FI2
De Agostini ID
Åland
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--48972
EU Knowledge Graph item ID
Sikkim
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
iles-aland
EuroVoc ID
6252
FAST ID
1217377
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
FI01
Freebase ID
/m/014mxp
GADM ID
ALA
GeoNames ID
661882
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1009824
Google Maps Customer ID
14790936645649731309
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Åland
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1809245
HASC
AX
IAB code
1230
ICANNWiki page ID
Åland_Islands
INaturalist place ID
10282
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
AX
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code
ALA
ISO 3166-1 numeric code
248
ISO 3166-2 code
FI-01
IdRef ID
027773833, 095692282
Instagram location ID
362535245
Interlingual Index ID
i83017
J9U entity ID
987007550541705171
KBpedia ID
AlandIslands
KulturNav-ID
529ed638-59bf-496e-a7d9-3ef1bbbe7299
Lex ID
Åland, Ahvenanmaa
M49 code
248
Mapy.com ID
osm&id=8549
MeSH concept ID
M0594051
MeSH term ID
T859341
Mindat locality ID
232609
Museum-digital place ID
8368
MusicBrainz area ID
3519cc6e-ae19-3d2c-9b9e-575a860ef8e1
NE.se ID
åland, ahvenanmaa
NL CR AUT ID
ge292421
NLS Geographic Names Register Place ID
10899558
NUTS code
FI2, FI20, FI200
Namuwiki ID
올란드 제도
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/6D8C78AF-EBBB-4C44-8BB2-5304D555128B, geo/4797300B-CAB2-4650-9DB8-A19FA6E732D0
National Library of Brazil ID
001043932
National Library of Iceland ID
000076962
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000989779
National Library of Latvia ID
000041858
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX456734
OBO Gazetteer ID
00548488
OHDSI ID
37174589
Omni topic ID
b9c13b4c-b9d5-4083-be2e-17cd264ce34c
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4197250
OpenStreetMap node ID
506518431
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2375170
PARES ID
88635
PeakVisor area ID
aland-islands
Quora topic ID
Åland-Islands
RERO ID (legacy)
A009131508
RKD thesaurus ID
32458
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
åland
Routard.com place ID
2395
SNARC ID
Calascio
SVKKL authority ID
0379593-Alandske-ostrovy-Finsko-souostrovi
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
geografico/1202581
Statoids ID
uax
Swedish Anbytarforum ID
5170.0
TV Tropes ID
UsefulNotes/AlandIslands
TasteAtlas ID
aland-islands
Topic's main category
Category:Åland
Tripadvisor ID
189897
UK Parliament ID
Fld5SCSK
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
8288
UMLS CUI
C1704740
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058615908306706
Uppslagsverket Finland ID
Aaland
Vikidia article ID
fr:Åland
WOEID
12577865
Wellcome Collection concept ID
qdrekada
Who's on First ID
85632789
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Country", "AlandIslands"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
08798362-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpyrGFQhrdytK9Wv4CJDq
YSO ID
94081
Yale LUX ID
place/2a03ae70-8ce0-4694-98ef-b7c6650c76b1

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 32
Mariehamn, .ax, Brändö, Eckerö, Jomala, Hammarland, Lemland, Vårdö +24 more
← Applies to jurisdiction 21
flag of Åland Islands, coat of arms of Åland, Parliament of Åland, lantråd, Government of Åland, 2015 Ålandic legislative election, 2007 Ålandic legislative election, 2011 Ålandic legislative election +13 more
← Operating area 12
Future of Åland, Åland Centre, Åland Social Democrats, Liberals for Åland, Non-aligned Coalition, Bank of Åland, Sustainable Initiative, Ålandic Democracy +4 more
Located in this place 11
Åland Islands dispute, Battle of Åland Islands, Battle of Grengam, Invasion of Åland, Åland's Autonomy Day, COVID-19 pandemic in the Åland Islands, Åland Islands Highway 3, Åland Islands Highway 1 +3 more
← Category combines topics 11
Category:Geography of Åland, Category:People from Åland, Category:Sport in Åland, Category:Islands of Åland, Category:Åland templates, Category:Economy of Åland, Category:Churches in Åland, Category:Companies of Åland +3 more
Belongs to 6
Northern Europe, Kalmar Union, region of Finland, Svealand, International Island Games Association, NUTS statistical regions of Finland
Instance of 5
region of Finland, demilitarized zone, autonomous region, historical province of Finland, NUTS 1 statistical territorial entity
Official symbol 5
roe deer, limestone, White-tailed Eagle, pike, Primula veris
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Shares border with 4
Stockholm County, Uppsala County, Southwest Finland, international waters
Significant event 4
Treaty of Paris, Treaty of Fredrikshamn, Åland convention, Åland status referendum, 1919
Things located in country 4
Swedish, ISO 3166-2:AX, Norden Association, The Confederation of the Norden Associations
← Depicts 4
Template:Location map Finland Åland Islands, Template:Location map Finland Åland, Module:Location map/data/Finland Åland Islands, Module:Location map/data/Finland Åland
Contains the statistical territorial entity 3
Åland archipelago, Åland countryside, Mariehamn sub-region
Country 3
Finland, Sweden, Russian Empire
Located in time zone 3
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00, Eastern European Time
← Facet of 3
history of the Åland Islands, geography of Åland, Politics of Åland
← Indigenous to 3
Swedish, clinker boat building, Åland Swedish
← Narrative location 3
Stormskerry Maja, Berts första betraktelser, Disciple
← Shares border with 3
Stockholm County, Uppsala County, Southwest Finland
← Work location 3
Georg Carl von Döbeln, Algoth Niska, Arvi Oksala
Currency 2
euro, Finnish markka
Located in or next to body of water 2
Archipelago Sea, Sea of Åland
Part of 2
Northern Europe, Nordic countries
People born here 2
Paul Gustavson, Annette Höglund
← Country of registry 2
Pommern, Skiftet
← Filming location 2
Stormskerry Maja, Disciple
Anthem 1
Ålänningens sång
Capital 1
Mariehamn
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Åland
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Åland
Coat of arms 1
coat of arms of Åland
Different from 1
Oland
Driving side 1
right
EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Sikkim
Emergency phone number 1
112
Executive body 1
Government of Åland
Flag 1
flag of Åland Islands
Geography of topic 1
geography of Åland
Has part(s) 1
Fasta Åland
Has these parts 1
Fasta Åland
Head of government 1
Katrin Sjögren
Highest point 1
Orrdalsklint
History of topic 1
history of the Åland Islands
Language used 1
Swedish
Legislative body 1
Parliament of Åland
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Finland
Member of 1
Nordic Council
Named after 1
Åland War
Office held by the head of government 1
lantråd
Official language 1
Swedish
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
People who died here 1
Niels Bätge
SNARC ID 1
Calascio
Top-level Internet domain 1
.ax
Topic's main category 1
Category:Åland
← Capital of 1
Mariehamn
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Åland
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Finland
← Country for sport 1
Åland Islands official football team
← Different from 1
Oland
← Headquarters location 1
Open Water Brewery
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Fasta Åland
← Location of formation 1
Viking Line
← Main subject 1
Template:Country data Åland
← SNARC ID 1
Tapachula de Córdova y Ordóñez
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Åland include Åland War[52], a theater of war[53].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Åland include Åland War[52], a theater of war[53].

Related Entities

Annette Höglund Calascio euro Finland Russian Empire Sweden WikiProject Govdirectory

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul; add mul alias (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
  2. 9d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64180: pages 100-200"
  3. 27d ago · Salgo60 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Climate Policy Radar Topics → Giuseppe Farina
    "Created claim: Climate Policy Radar Topics: Q2040, batch #291594"
  4. 15w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Aland.ogg, LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Ibirwa by’Alande.wav
    "Created claim: Pronunciation audio: LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Ibirwa by’Alande.wav"
  5. 17w ago · Mapenite · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Latvia ID → 000041858
    "Created claim: National Library of Latvia ID: 000041858"
  6. 18w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    PARES ID → 88635
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Brändö, Kumlinge, Vårdö +1
    "Created claim: PARES ID: 88635"
  7. 19w ago · Foglo · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Brändö, Kumlinge, Vårdö +1
    "Created claim: Contains the administrative territorial entity: Brändö"
  8. 19w ago · Foglo · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → Åland
    "Removed claim: Official name: Ahvenanmaa"
  9. 20w ago · Cromenio · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms image → Coat of arms of Åland.svg
    "Changed claim: Coat of arms image: Coat of arms of Åland.svg"
  10. 20w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ICANNWiki page ID → Åland_Islands
    "Created claim: ICANNWiki page ID: Åland_Islands, Matched to Åland Islands (#294328566) in ICANNWiki"
  11. 22w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0379593-Alandske-ostrovy-Finsko-souostrovi
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0379593-Alandske-ostrovy-Finsko-souostrovi, batch #259599"
  12. 24w ago · Foglo · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → —
    "Removed claim: Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finland"
  13. 24w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID → geografico/1202581
    "Created claim: Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID: geografico/1202581"
  14. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NLS Geographic Names Register Place ID → 10899558
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 94081, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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