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Mainland Finland (Manner-Suomi) is a term used for instance in statistics
Statistics

Statistics is a Mathematics pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. It also provides tools for prediction and forecasting based on data....
 to exclude the autonomous Åland Islands under Finnish
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 sovereignty
Sovereignty

File:Leviathan gr.jpgSovereignty is the exclusive right to control a government, a State, a people, or oneself. A sovereign is a supreme lawmaking authority....
. Mainland Finland is not to be confused with Finland Proper
Finland Proper

Finland Proper or Southwest Finland , is a Regions of Finland in south-western Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta , Tavastia Proper and Uusimaa ....
, which is the province
Historical provinces of Finland

The historical provinces of Finland is a legacy of the country's joint history with Sweden. The provinces ceased to be an administrative entity already in 1634 when they were superseded by the Counties in Finland, a reform which remained in force in Finland until 1997....
 adjacent to Åland. In legal contexts, the relation between the mainland and Åland Islands is depicted with word pair valtakunta–maakunta, which translate into English as the Realm–the Province, but are translated by the Finnish Ministry of Justice as the State–Åland.

In a geographical
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 sense it could, of course, also be used to exclude the other islands off Finland's coast.

The term is significant in the context of legal differences between Åland and mainland Finland, and also in the context of differences of culture, language, history, and self-perceived nationhood between the Ålanders and the Swedish-speaking Finns in mainland Finland.






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Mainland Finland (Manner-Suomi) is a term used for instance in statistics
Statistics

Statistics is a Mathematics pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. It also provides tools for prediction and forecasting based on data....
 to exclude the autonomous Åland Islands under Finnish
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 sovereignty
Sovereignty

File:Leviathan gr.jpgSovereignty is the exclusive right to control a government, a State, a people, or oneself. A sovereign is a supreme lawmaking authority....
. Mainland Finland is not to be confused with Finland Proper
Finland Proper

Finland Proper or Southwest Finland , is a Regions of Finland in south-western Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta , Tavastia Proper and Uusimaa ....
, which is the province
Historical provinces of Finland

The historical provinces of Finland is a legacy of the country's joint history with Sweden. The provinces ceased to be an administrative entity already in 1634 when they were superseded by the Counties in Finland, a reform which remained in force in Finland until 1997....
 adjacent to Åland. In legal contexts, the relation between the mainland and Åland Islands is depicted with word pair valtakunta–maakunta, which translate into English as the Realm–the Province, but are translated by the Finnish Ministry of Justice as the State–Åland.

In a geographical
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 sense it could, of course, also be used to exclude the other islands off Finland's coast.

The term is significant in the context of legal differences between Åland and mainland Finland, and also in the context of differences of culture, language, history, and self-perceived nationhood between the Ålanders and the Swedish-speaking Finns in mainland Finland. However, since the size of Åland is well below one percent of that of mainland Finland and since the size of its population is below ten percent of that of the Swedish-speaking Finns in mainland Finland, there are many instances when this distinction is ignored.