An important meeting of the Council of the League of Nations took place on 24 June 1921. The Åland question had been discussed several times before, but today, 102 years ago, the Council decided that Åland would belong to Finland with special guarantees of autonomy, language, land ownership, voting rights and the appointment of a governor, as well as with a broad agreement on the non-fortification and neutralisation of the islands.
The member states of the League of Nations, including Finland and Sweden, took the decision with a view to world peace, the future good relations between Finland and Sweden and the welfare and happiness of the islands.
The main international documents on Åland, including the Council’s discussion and decision of 24 June 1921, are available in various languages on the website of the Åland Cultural Foundation: https://kulturstiftelsen.ax/internationella-avtal/
