ISBN : 9782296549876
THE ÅLAND ISLANDS
Åland, situated in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden is not an island but an archipelago consisting of more than 6.500 islands and skerries. Why between Finland and Sweden? Is the archipelago an independent state? No, it is not, and will according to my opinion never become, but the expression is still most relevant. The inhabitants have Swedish as mother tongue, are of Swedish origin with a Swedish cultural background, but are albeit Finnish citizens....