FI-4190276

Before postcrossing I had never heard of the Aland Islands and would never recognize it's flag.

 

The self-governing province of the Åland Islands lies off the southwest coast of Finland. Åland is an autonomous, demilitarised, Swedish-speaking region of Finland. Åland consists of more than 6,700 islands, but the current population of over 30,000 live on only 60 islands. Over 40 percent of the inhabitants live in the only town, Mariehamn, which is one of Åland’s 16 municipalities. - in: https://um.fi

 

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FI-4190276, sent by Ilse.

The flag of Aland is the Swedish flag defaced by a red cross symbolizing Finland. Aland Islands is the autonomous province of Finland.

Flag was adopted in 1954 and was first hoisted on 3 of April of 1954.