Marhällan Lighthouse | Aland

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The Åland Islands is an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It is an autonomous, demilitarised zone and is the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland.

Marhällan Lighthouse is located on a rock, 6 kilometres southwest of Mariehamn, capital of Aland Islands. 

Mariehamn, capital of Aland

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Mariehamn is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty.

With a population of about 12,000, 40% of the population of Åland lives in this city.

Flags of the World | Åland Islands

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The Åland Islands is an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. The flag has been the official flag of this autonomous Finnish province since 1954.

Eckerö Post- och Tullhuset | Åland

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The Åland archipelago consists of 6,700 islands situated in the Baltic Sea, midway between Sweden and Finland. Only 60 are inhabited. Although the people of Åland speak Swedish, this autonomous territory is part of Finland. With 950 inhabitants, one of these islands is Eckerö.

Eckerö Post- och Tullhuset is Swedish for Eckerö Mail and Customs House. It was built in 1828. Today it works as a post museum and a cultural center.

Bomarsund Fortress | Aland

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The fortress of Bomarsund was built during the years 1832-1854. Åland was Russian at the time and the fortress was intended for the Russian contingents on the islands.

The fortress was thoroughly ruined in 1854 when attacked by the allied English-Frenchmen. At that time only two towers of the planned twelve subsidiary towers of the fortress had been completed.

The Åland Islands

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The Åland archipelago consists of 6,700 islands situated in the Baltic Sea, midway between Sweden and Finland. Only 60 are inhabited. Although the people of Åland speak Swedish, this autonomous territory is part of Finland.

 

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Europa stamp 2013 themed the Postman Van. 

Åland à la (post)Carte

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Åland is an autonomous region of Finland. Åland consists of more than 6,700 islands situated midway between Sweden and Finland.

Although the people of Åland speak Swedish, this autonomous territory is part of Finland. Åland has its own flag, has issued its own postage stamps since 1984, runs its own police force, and is a member of the Nordic Council.

The current population of 28,000 live on only 65 islands.  Over 40 per cent live in the only town and capital Mariehamn. The archipelago is largely made up of coastal rock slopes and heather moorland, and has large areas of pine forests. Only about nine per cent of Åland is arable land.

The postcard shows 4 typical Åland dishes: Åland Panncake, Gravlax, Pickled fish and Smoked Åland flounder.

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Georg August Wallin (1811 – 1852), also known as Abd al-Wali was a Finnish (born in Åland) orientalist, explorer and professor remembered for his journeys in the Middle East during the 1840s.