The Åland Islands Question

Irredentism and Autonomism in the 'Archipelago of Peace

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ID4454600
AutoresDeborah Paci (0000-0001-5735-5089, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume40
Fascículo85
Páginas13-31
Data de publicação2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista Brasileira de História (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0102-0188 • E-ISSN: 1806-9347
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1806-93472020v40n85-02
OpenAlexW3108803098
SCIELO_PIDS0102-01882020000300013
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas13

Lying in the Baltic sea, at the entrance of the Gulf of Bothnia, 70km from the Finnish coast and 36 km from that of Sweden, the archipelago of Åland is an autonomous Finnish province. What distinguishes the archipelago is its Swedish monolingualism, autonomous government recognized by international treaties, and demilitarization. This article proposes some reflections on the concept of sovereignty in Åland in the 20th century particularly on two key elements the island's strategic position and its autonomy. After a historical overview of Åland in the 1800s, emphasizing their strategic relevance in the Baltic, I will focus on the irredentist period, in which emerged secessionist movement that called for the island's anexation to Sweden

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