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Finströms kommun
''Coat of Arms'' ''Location''
Province	Åland
Region	Åland
Sub-region	countryside
Area - Of which land - Rank	127.99km² 121.38km² 389th
Population - Density - Change - Rank	2,464 (2006) 20.3 inh./km² + 0.9% 322nd (2005)
Urbanisation	41.0%
Unemployment	1.7%
Official languages	Swedish
Municipal manager	Katarina Sundberg
Home page	http://www.finstrom.aland.fi/

'Finström' is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 2,399 and covers an area of 127.99 km² of which 6.61 km² is water. The population density is 19.8 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
Godby is the second biggest built-up area in Åland after Mariehamn with 900 inhabitants.

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History

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History

Finström was widely inhabited in the Viking era. The church of St. Michael is one of the oldest in Åland; the oldest parts date from the 12th century. Grelsby kungsgård was the place where king Gustavus Vasa stayed with his entourage of 312 persons for a few days in the spring of 1556. King Gustaf IV Adolf also stayed there for six weeks in the summer of 1808 prior to the loss of Finland to Russia.

External links

★ The website of the municipality of Finström