ऑलैण्ड द्वीपसमूह

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ऑलैण्ड द्वीपसमूह बाल्टिक सागर में एक द्वीप समूह है। यह बोथनिया की खाडी़ के मुख पर स्थित है यह एक फेड्रेसी है जो कि स्वायत्त असामरिक, एक भाषी, स्वीडिश भाषित फिनलैंड प्रशासित प्रांत है। यह फिनलैंड का सबसे छोटा प्रांत है, वहाँ की आबादी का 0.50% भाग एवं भूमि का 0.49% भाग।

Holidays

Date	English name	Local name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Nyårsdagen
January 6	Epiphany	Trettondagen
March 30	Demilitarization Day	Ålands demilitariseringsdag	Peace in 1856 after the Crimean War
Moveable Friday	Good Friday	Långfredag	The Friday before Easter Sunday
Moveable Sunday	Easter Sunday	Påskdagen
Moveable Monday	Easter Monday	Annandag påsk	The day after Easter Sunday
April 30	Walpurgis Night	Valborgsmässoafton
May 1	May Day	Första maj
Moveable Thursday	Ascension Day	Kristi himmelsfärdsdag	39 days after Easter
Moveable Sunday	Pentecost	Pingstdagen	49 days after Easter
Moveable Monday	Whitmonday	Annandag Pingst	50 days after Easter
June 9	Autonomy Day	Självstyrelsedagen	First congregation of the regional government
Third Friday of June	Midsummer Eve	Midsommarafton
Third Saturday of June	Midsummer Day	Midsommardagen
First Saturday of November	All Saints Day	Alla helgons dag
December 6	Independence Day	Självständighetsdagen	Independence of Finland (1917)
December 24	Christmas Eve	Julafton
December 25	Christmas Day	Juldagen
December 26	St. Stephen's Day Boxing Day	Annandag jul

In popular culture

The Åland Islands are mentioned as the location where the character Hooper Hamilton in H.G. Wells' book The Shape of Things to Come commits suicide.

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Gallery

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Ferry in the Åland archipelago.
Östra Hamnen - The Eastern Port of Mariehamn, sailing ship Linden in the center
Sjökvarteret in Mariehamn
Sailing ship Pommern and a racing boat
Knutsbodaberget in Lemland, with 4 wind power generators
The Lemströms canal
Schooner Linden in the waters south of Mariehamn
Cruiseferries offer transport from Åland to both mainland Finland and Sweden.
Castleholm castle