Åland Post is the company responsible for postal service in Åland. Åland Post has operated separately from the mainland postal service of Finland since 1993.
Åland Post is a logistics enterprise with 150 employees. Turnover in 2024 was 34.8 million euro. Since 1 January 2009, Åland Post has been a limited company owned solely by the Åland Landskapsregering, the Government of Åland.[1][2]
Åland Post is organised in four business areas: Logistics, Postal Services, Print & Distribution and Axla Logistics, Åland Post's brand for e-commerce logistics service run out of Tuusula, Finland. [3]
Åland stamps
When the first Åland stamps were issued on 1 March 1984, it was the result of a longterm process that started already in the 1950s when Åland got its own flag in 1954. Attempts intensified in the 1970s when the Faroe Islands got their own stamps, but all applications to the postal authorities in Helsinki