Swedes in Finland

Dan Rosenberg dortmunder at mad.scientist.com
Sun May 25 21:02:19 CEST 2003


Michael wrote:

> They are not Swedes in Finland, but finns with swedish as their mother tongue. One part of Finland, the island Aaland (Ahvenanmaa), only have Swedish as official language. They wanted to belong to Sweden but the UN desided 1921 that the island should be an autonomy part of Finland.
> 
> /Michael

I see. But perhaps you meant the League of Nations? The UN didn't exist in 1921.-Dan
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