Right. But If I say Aland, who but you and Anders would know what/where that is? If I just say Sweden, I am insulting Aland.
I'd think that would be more insulting to Finland than to Åland, actually, since Åland formally is part of Finland and not Sweden, even though historically Åland has had closer ties to Sweden.
Sometime in the early 1900's, a referendum was held on the island, where the inhabitants voted to belong to Sweden, but Finland claimed it anyway.
Lasse, what is the current status on that? What do you ålänningar think nowadays?
anders ------------------------- http://anders.hultman.nu/
