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The Åland convention, refers to two conventions regarding the demilitarization and neutralization of Åland.

However, the Russians militarized the islands in 1916, a move that alarmed the Swedes.

References

  1. ^ "Uneasy Sweden and the Menace of Prussianism; An Analysis of the Scandinavian Situation in View of Kaiser's Reported Ambition to Make the Baltic a German Lake" (PDF). The New York Times. 1918-05-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.