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Ă…land crisis
The Ă…land Crisis was one of the first issues the new League of Nations had to arbitrate. The Ă…land Islands' population's demand for self-determination was not met and sovereignty over the islands was retained by Finland, but international guarantees were given to allow the population to pursue its own (Swedish) culture, relieving the threat of assimilation by Finnish culture, perceived by the islanders.
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