Åland Islands

Åland Islands

Åland Islands ranks 221st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Cook Islands, and Anguilla. Memorable people born in present day Åland Islands include Henrik Klingenberg, Janne Holmén, and Daniel Sjölund. Memorable people who died in Åland Islands include . Åland Islands has been the birth place of many musicians and athletes and the death place of many .

Åland is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area (1,580 km2) and population (30,129), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn. Read more on Wikipedia