Susanne Eriksson
Åland – a Demilitarised and Neutralised Territory
Background
• The validity of the conventions
• The provisions of the 1921 convention on demilitarisation and neutralisation
• The 1940 treaty
• Exemption from military service
• A changing neighbourhood
• Demilitarisation and the EU
• Does Åland have a say?
• New challenges
• Demilitarisation, neutralisation and NATO
• Åland as an example

Lars Ingmar Johansson
Åland’s Autonomy – Its Background and Current Status
Historical background
• Attempts at reunification
• The decision of the League of Nations
• The Autonomy Act enters into force
• Constitutionally guaranteed
• Division of authority between Åland and Finland
• The Åland Parliament – structure and working methods
• The supervisory power of the Finnish President
• Economic self-government
• The Åland Government – a provincial administration and civil service
• Rules for the protection of Åland’s Swedish language and cultural heritage
• Åland on the international arena
• Symbols of autonomy
• A society evolving on its own terms
• Final comment

Barbro Sundback
A Success Story
Cultural autonomy
• More Swedish than Sweden
• A short history
• Reunification
• Autonomy
• Modernism
•Internationalisation
• Culture as a strategy for the future