An unofficial referendum on integration into
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
was held in
Ã…land
Ã…land ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, 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 () and population (30,54 ...
in June 1919.
[Ã…land-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 Ã…land
*Lagting (Norway), the quasi-upper house of the Parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009
*Løgting
The Løgting (pronounced ; ) is the unicameral parliament of t ...
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% of voters, the islands remained under Finnish control following a decision by the ]League of Nations
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) 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 (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...
in 1921.[
]
Results
References
{{Post-WWI plebiscites
Aland
Aland
Referendums in Ã…land
History of Ã…land
Aland
Border polls
Aftermath of World War I in Finland
Sovereignty referendums
National unifications
Swedish nationalism