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- autonomous Finnish province and archipelago
- own names: Åland (Swedish), Avenanmaa (Finnish)
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Flag of the Åaland Islands,
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Source, by: Die Welt der Flaggen
The flag of the Aaland Islands was adoped on the 7th of April 1954. It shows a yellow bordered red Scandinavian cross (= a cross, displaced to the pole-side – all scandinavian countries have as a sign of relationships and togetherness such a cross in their flags) on blue ground. The flag unites the colours of the flags and coats of arms of Finland and Sweden respectively. This way the Swedish yellow cross is easily indentified with the red Finnish red cross as an overlay (the Finnish coat of arms is red).
Source:
Die Welt der Flaggen
Location:
Source: wikimedia.org,
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Pudeo~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Area: 610 square miles
Inhabitants: 30.074 (2020), thereof 88% Swedes, 5% Finns
Density of Population: 49 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Mariehamn, 11.743 inh.. (2018)
official Language: Swedish
other Languages: Finnish
Currency: 1 Euro (€) = 100 Cent
Time Zone: GMT + 2 h
Source:
Wikipedia (D)
1921 · London conference: The Aaland Islands come to Finland, after
Sweden had claimed the islands since 1917 due to the high Swedish
population contingent. However the islands received an autonomy status.
Source: Wikipedia (D)
The Swedish name of the islands "Åland" is of Indo-European origin. "A" or "Aha" was called "water".
Source:
Atlas der wahren Namen
