Aaland islands are located between Sweden and Finland at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia, in the Baltic region. The Aaland island is the only Swedish speaking region in all of Finland, the island consists of 0.49% of Finland’s land area and 0.50% of Finland’s population. Only the countries Sweden and Finland were involved in the Aaland island crisis. Through 1809 the Aaland island was in the Swedish territory where Sweden had power over the island, but Treaty of Fredrikshamn, signed on 17th September, Sweden had to give up control over the island to Russia. Due to World War 1 the Russian government converted the island into a submarine base for the use of the nation’s Russia and Britain. During the Crimean war France and Britain attacked
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After the league studied the case of the Aaland islands, one of the members suggested that a rapporteur (a person appointed by an organization) should investigate the case thoroughly and suggest solutions after the investigation is done. Based on the rapporteur’s report, the council made a solution on June 1921, which identified the sovereignty of Finland over the Aaland islands but recommended that the language, culture and traditions should remain Swedish. The League of Nations also demilitarized the island so further there wouldn’t be any conflict/war. This solution of the league was accepted by both the countries in the end. So, this was a success to the league of nations. This way the league resolved the dispute between the 2 countries and made peace between …show more content…
The success for anything is determined by the process and the league have gone through the process of making peace between both the nations. This shows how successful the league was they followed the process, were alert, kept caution on every step, respected both the nations and also took safety measures. We can at last say that the league was a success in solving the Aaland island crisis and we can also say that the mission was a perfect and fantastic success after all the fails that took place before this
After the league studied the case of the Aaland islands, one of the members suggested that a rapporteur (a person appointed by an organization) should investigate the case thoroughly and suggest solutions after the investigation is done. Based on the rapporteur’s report, the council made a solution on June 1921, which identified the sovereignty of Finland over the Aaland islands but recommended that the language, culture and traditions should remain Swedish. The League of Nations also demilitarized the island so further there wouldn’t be any conflict/war. This solution of the league was accepted by both the countries in the end. So, this was a success to the league of nations. This way the league resolved the dispute between the 2 countries and made peace between …show more content…
The success for anything is determined by the process and the league have gone through the process of making peace between both the nations. This shows how successful the league was they followed the process, were alert, kept caution on every step, respected both the nations and also took safety measures. We can at last say that the league was a success in solving the Aaland island crisis and we can also say that the mission was a perfect and fantastic success after all the fails that took place before this