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Subject:      Re: Sweden's occupation of Aland (was: Jorn Donner)
From:         Jari Partanen
Date:         1997/09/15
Message-Id:   <341DAC1E.1B09@utu.fi>
Newsgroups:   soc.culture.nordic



Johan Olofsson wrote:
> One can remark that this book by Nils Meinander is particularly
> interesting in as much it being a mirror of the views of the
> Finland-Swedes who seem to have been as decided as any Finn, that
> the Åland islands must not be ceeded as was the wish of the Ålanders.
> (One of many points in this affair hard for people in Sweden to
> understand.)

It is well known, that the Finland-Swedish politicians were those, who were the most interested and involved in the Åland case. This is very natural, because Åland is, after all, part of "Svensk-Finland", which they wanted to keep strong. For the Finnish-speaking people Åland was remote, and of secondary importance. Some (left-wing) Finnish-speaking politicians would actually have been ready for giving Åland to Sweden.

> It's remarkable that the dates given by Matts Dreijer is different on
> point after point compared to the other text. Both texts are
> recent. This might indicate that historians in Finland still recognize
> this subject as sensitive, and hence do not try to get the facts
> straight.
> 
> Might it be that Finland not yet is prepared to receive the knowledge
> that the White side's version of the Åland crisis was falsified on
> several points?

In your opinion, there is no chance, that a Rikssvensk version might be more false? After all, there has been much more scientific research about the subject in Finland than in Sweden.

Best regards,


Jari P.

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