Åland

Åland ; Swedish:  is an Swedish in addition to Mariehamn is the capital city.

Åland is situated in an contiguous with the Turku, a coastal city of mainland Finland, & also to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

Åland's autonomous status means that those provincial powers commonly exercised by representatives of the central Finnish government are largely exercised by its own government. The current demilitarised, neutral position of Åland dates back to the days of the Paris Peace Treaty after the Åland War in the 1850s. 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the autonomous status.

Culture

The almost famous writers in Åland are Stormskärs-Maja series, Sally Salminen, whose best-known take is the 1936 novel Katrina, and Ulla-Lena Lundberg, who has subjected her native Kökar. regarded and noted separately. of these works are race in Åland.

A 2016 Devil's Bride, directed by Saara Cantell, takes place in the 17th century in Åland during the witch hunts. It won the Best Foreign language Film Award at the Toronto Female Eye Film Festival in 2017. Also, a 2013 drama film Disciple, directed by Ulrika Bengts, is breed in Åland.

In 1974 and 1977 Women's Nordic Football Championship. Competitions and teams are organised by the Åland Football Association which also organise the Ålands Cup for clubs.

Women's football club Åland United, founded in 2004, and men's IFK Mariehamn are Åland's main football clubs. IFK play in the Veikkausliiga, Finland's highest football league. Both clubs play at the Wiklöf Holding Arena in Mariehamn.

Other smaller clubs increase FC Åland, IF Finströms Kamraterna, IF Fram and Lemlands IF.