Lappo is an island and village located in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Brändö in

Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an autonomous and 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 1,580 km2, and a populat ...

, Finland. It is one of the 12 villages in the municipality. Lappo is 8 square kilometer island and it has approximately 35 inhabitants. Nevertheless, the village houses a convenience store, guest harbor, museum, restaurant, gas station, disc golf course and guesthouse. Industries: Tourism, fish farming, agriculture, ferry traffic. Those who enter Lappo can go by ferry to Torsholma and Asterholma in the same municipality, as well as to the municipalities of

Kumlinge Kumlinge is a municipality consisting of a group of islands in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. Kumlinge, which is also the name of the largest island in the group, means "rocky passage." The municipality has a population of () and cov ...

and

Vårdö Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is of land. The municipality is unilingually Swedish. ...

as well as

Fasta Åland Fasta Åland ( fi, Manner-Ahvenanmaa or , meaning mainland Åland) is the largest and most populous island of Åland, an autonomous province of Finland. The island is home to the provincial capital Mariehamn. About ninety percent of the archipel ...

. From the ferry anchorage in the southwest, a cable ferry goes to the neighboring village of Björkö (Vårdö-Enklinge-Kumlinge-Lappo-Torsholma). Historically, the three villages Lappo, Björkö, Asterholma made up the area "Björköbol", the same area that today has the postal address 22840 Lappo.

History

Lappo has been populated since the 13th or at the latest the 14th century. About Lappo's early history, it witnesses the so-called The Lapp ring, a Roman ring that was found on the island in the 1930s and is now on display at the Åland Museum. Later, the old postal route between Sweden and Finland went over Lappo and on to Kumlinge in the south and Torsholma in the north. In the 19th century, the villagers began to take an interest in culture and education. In 1882, the oldest public library on Åland was founded in Lappo, Lappo school was founded in 1887, Lappo Ungdomsförening in 1895, Lappo Andelsbank in 1925 and Lappo Handelslag in 1941. The youth association's clubhouse Klockkulla, built in 1931, was originally designed by

Lars Sonck Lars Eliel Sonck (10 August 1870 – 14 March 1956) was a Finnish architect. He graduated from Helsinki Polytechnic Institute in 1894 and immediately won a major design competition for a church in Turku, St Michael's Church, ahead of many esta ...

Sites of interest

The village's harbor Finnvik has a popular guest harbor with room for 90 boats. From the guest harbor it is only a stone's throw from the shop, the restaurant and the Archipelago Museum with its forge.

Notable people

Veronica Thörnroos Veronica Thörnroos (born 16 July 1962) is a Finnish politician from Åland. She currently serves as the Premier of Åland, a position she has held since 25 November 2019. Prior to entering politics, Thörnroos worked as a nurse. Political caree ...

(born 1962), politician, premier of Åland

References

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