The State Department of Ã…land () is a department of the
Finnish central government for the administration of
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 ...
, with a status corresponding to a
Regional State Administrative Agency
The Regional State Administrative Agencies (, ) are a set of top-level regional organs of the state of Finland, mainly in charge of basic public services and legal permits. Six agencies took over some of the tasks of the earlier provinces of Finla ...
elsewhere in Finland. It replaced the
Ã…land State Provincial Office on 1 January 2010, after the abolition of all
provinces of Finland
Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces, or counties (, ). Finland had always been a unitary state: the provincial authorities were part of the central government's executive branch and apart from Ã…land, the provi ...
at the end of 2009.
List of officers
*
Peter Lindbäck (2009–2023)
* (2023–present)
External links
Statens ämbetsverk på Åland
Politics of Ã…land
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