Flag of Åland Islands

🎨 What the flag means

Åland's flag is blue with a yellow Nordic cross and a thinner red cross inside it. It looks like Sweden's flag with an extra red cross added, and that red cross stands for Finland. Åland is a self-governing region of Finland where people speak Swedish.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

30.8 thousand (2025)

🏙️ Capital

Mariehamn12 thousand people (2025)

🗣️ Main language

Swedish

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Åland is made up of a main island plus about 6,500 smaller islands and rocky islets in the Baltic Sea.
2. Swedish is the only official language of Åland, even though Åland is part of Finland.
3. Åland's coat of arms shows a golden deer that was first meant for the Swedish island of Öland but was given to Åland by mistake.