About Finland

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: The Åland Islands
An autonomous, demilikriyed Region
Official language: Swedish

Official name of Parliament: Ålands Landsting
(The Åland Parliament/Le Parlement des îles d'Åland)
- Unicameral -
The library cooperates with the public Centrallibrary in the same online-system

Postal address
Ålands Landsting Biblioteket
P.O.Box 69
SF-22101 Mariehamn
Tel. (358)(28)25354
Fax (358)(28)13302

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1978
Person in charge: Ms Lilian Norring-Ohman
Size of collection: 14.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 100.000
Number of current periodicals: 75
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: The "Landskapsstyrelsen", Government and the Central Administration. Also available for the Public
Right to deposit: Parliamentary Papers from Åland Islands, Finland, Sweden, Publications of the "Landskapsstyrelsen" and all Publications of the Nordic Council
Any other information: Political Sciences, Law and Constitutions, Minorities, Alandica. A Faroe Islands Collection
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library
Lists of new publications

Parliamentary Papers
Landstingets Handlingar and Protokoll
* Statistik Årsbok for Åland