AlbertBeale
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Do you have the same ID cards as people from the mainland, or are there any differences? I know your passports have Åland on them.
Speaking of the Finnish register, is it true that anyone can look up anyone's tax details, including the amount of tax paid?
I think it's Sweden where tax returns are public?
I seem to remember - it's ages since I was there - that one difference in Åland is that it's the only part of Finland where you have one official language rather than two - and it's not Finish! I believe you only need to learn Swedish there, though everywhere else in Finland you learn Finish (of course) but also Swedish too. It was part of the treaty settling the status of the islands a century ago after they were fought/argued over by Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany, etc.
Another aspect of the treaty was that they're demilitarised - one result of which is that Finnish conscription law doesn't apply there.