Ahvenanmaa County, Finland Genealogy

Guide to Ahvenanmaa ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Ahvenanmaa (Åland) County (Finnish: Ahvenanmaan lääni, Swedish: Ålands län) was created in 1918 from Turku-Pori County. It comprised the entirety of the autonomous province of Ahvenanmaa (Åland). Geologically, it is an archipelago that lies between Finland and Sweden. The official language is Swedish. In 2010 it was replaced by the State Office of Åland (Ahvenanmaan valtionvirastoa) as part of the Regional Administrative Agency (Aluehallintovirasto, Swedish Regionförvaltningsverk)

Districts
Ahvenanmaa is also the name of the only district in the county. The Swedish name is	Åland. As is true of all municipalities in Finland, the municipality of Maarianhamina has it's own administration and is not part of Ahvenanmaa district.