Place:Föglö, Ahvenanmaa, Finland

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NameFöglö
Alt namesFoglo
TypeMunicipality
Located inAhvenanmaa, Finland
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Föglö is a group of islands and municipality in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Swedish, yet in the last decade there has been some immigration from Estonia and Latvia due to the need of employees at the fish farms, the main industry in Föglö. The municipality is connected only by ferries to Lumparland which has a road connection to Mariehamn, and by ferries to mainland Finland.

Erik Adolf von Willebrand discovered von Willebrand disease of the blood by observing a family in Föglö.

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