MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Åland

ONE LAND · 2 ATLASES

Åland, on the map of history

What was Åland before it was Åland? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.

Åland · The Great War, 1914–1918

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Åland · The Cold War, 1945–1991

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