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Åland Islands

Åland (Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) 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 (1,580 square kilometres) and population (30,129), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 73 entities connected with the Åland Islands. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Entity types

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in the Åland Islands. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting the Åland Islands

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in the Åland Islands.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 62 entities identified as PEPs connected with the Åland Islands.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
lantråd-7-
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for Industry and Trade--1
Minister for Infrastructure--1
Minister for Social Affairs and Health-11
Minister of Development-1-
Minister of Education and Culture--2
Minister of Finance1-1
Vice lantråd-11
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Lagting-4413
member of the Parliament of Åland-1-

Subnational government positions

Number of known occupants
Subnational legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Speaker of the Parliament of Åland-21

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...