The population is mainly engaged in fishing, cattle breeding, and farming. Mariehamn is the only city and also the capital. The Åland Islands area is a demilitarized zone.
What's interesting...
In the medieval castle of Kastelholm, on the ceiling of one of the halls, there are coats of arms of all fortress owners.
Among them is the White Eagle on a red background, which proves that the owner of the castle was Katarzyna Jagiellonka, the youngest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of Poland, wife of King Jan III Vasa of Sweden and mother of Sigismund III Vasa.
EUROPA stamp 2019 "National birds"
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