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The autonomous status of the islands was affirmed by a decision made by the League of Nations in 1921, and in a somewhat different context, reaffirmed in the treaty on Finland's admission to the European Union. By law, Åland is politically neutral and entirely demilitarised. The islands were granted extensive autonomy by the Riksdag - Eduskunta, Finland's legislative assembly, in an Act on the Autonomy of Åland of 1920, last revised in 1991.
In connection with Finland's admission to the European Union a protocol on the Åland Islands provides, among other things, that provisions of the European Community Treaty shall not force a change of the existing restrictions for foreigners (i.e. persons who do not enjoy "regional citizenship" (hembygdsrätt) in Åland) to acquire and hold real property, implying a recognition of a separate nationality . To read at Åland Wikipedia
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