holidays

Autonomy Day (Åland)

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Åland's Autonomy Day

Holiday in the Åland Islands commemorating the county legislature's first meeting (9 June 1922)

Åland's Autonomy Day, or Åland's Self-Government Day, is celebrated annually on 9 June to commemorate the first meeting of the Åland County Council on that date in 1922. Åland's self-government from Finland was established in 1921 by a decision of the League of Nations,…
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Åland

Autonomous region of Finland

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 and population (30,654), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population. Its…
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