An unofficial referendum on integration into

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

was held in

Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1 ...

in June 1919.Åland-Inseln (Finnland), ??. Juni 1919 : Anschluss an Schweden
Direct Democracy The referendum was organised by the

Lagting Lagting, literally "Law Ting", can refer to: *Lagting, the Parliament of Åland *Lagting (Norway), the quasi-upper house of the Parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009 *Løgting The Løgting (pronounced ; da, Lagtinget) is the unicameral parl ...

and approved by a vote on 1 June. It took the form of a petition in which voters could sign in yes or no columns. Although the proposal was approved by 95.48% of voters, the islands remained under Finnish control following a decision by the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

in 1921.

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