Åland Islands dispute
1917–1921 dispute over the autonomy of the Åland Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Åland Islands dispute (Swedish: Ålandsfrågan, lit. 'Åland question') was one of the issues put up for arbitration by the League of Nations on its formation. Åland's population's demand for self-determination was not met and sovereignty over the islands was retained by Finland, but international guarantees were given to allow the population to pursue its own culture, relieving the threat of forced assimilation by Finnish culture as perceived by the islanders.[1]