@inbook{f468c8ed90534c15a78b6662ccc660c3,
title = "Geopolitical Perspectives on {\AA}land in the Viking Age",
abstract = "The {\AA}land Islands are situated in the midst of the Baltic Sea region, and they are roughly mid-way between the southern part of the Baltic Sea and the nortehrn coasta of Bothnia, as well as between Sweden and Finland. In the Viking Age, this placed the islands on the one hand, between two culturally different settlement areas: the expanding kingdom of the Svear in Sweden, and Satakunta, Vakka-Suomi and Finland Proper in the east. On the other hand, the islands was an important position for shoreline-based navigation and provided a waypoint along different sailing routes. Followed from this, the {\AA}land was an important arena of diverse cultural backgrounds and influences. The chapter sets out to discuss {\AA}land in terms of its polities and geopolitical context. ",
keywords = "The Viking Age , {\AA}land Islands , Geopolitics, External affairs , Sailing routes , Mobility",
author = "Heininen, {Lassi Kalevi} and Jan Stor{\aa} and Frog Frog and Joonas Ahola",
year = "2015",
month = apr,
day = "15",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-951-41-1098-6",
series = "Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fenniae. Humaniora",
publisher = "Academia scientiarum Fennica",
number = "372",
pages = "323--348",
editor = "Joonas Ahola and Frog and Lucenius, {Jenni }",
booktitle = "The Viking Age in {\AA}land",
edition = "1.",
}