all Nordic languages: person from the Åland Islands

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Gavril

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What word(s) do the Nordic languages use for inhabitants of the Åland Islands (Finnish Ahvenanmaa)?

The Swedish terms I know of are:

noun ålänning (pl. ålänningar) "person from Åland"
adj. åländsk "of or pertaining to Åland"

I think the equivalent Icelandic terms are Álendingur and álenskur, but for some reason, a large part of the Google results for "Álendingur" seem to be in Faroese.

What other terms are used for this meaning?

Thanks
 
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    • As far as I know it is ålænding in Danish and ålandsk. (You may get away with "ålandsboer" for the inhabitant)
     
    Gavril said:
    What word(s) do the Nordic languages use for inhabitants of the Åland Islands (Finnish Ahvenanmaa)?

    The Swedish terms I know of are:

    noun ålänning (pl. ålänningar) "person from Åland"
    adj. ålänsk "of or pertaining to Åland"

    I think the equivalent Icelandic terms are Álendingur and álenskur, but for some reason, a large part of the Google results for "Álendingur" seem to be in Faroese.

    What other terms are used for this meaning?

    Thanks
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    I'm pretty sure it should be "åländsk".
     
    Gavril said:
    Whoops, my mistake!

    I think I was basing the spelling ålänsk on 1) the noun ålänning, and 2) the Icelandic pattern of -land/-lenskur (Ísland : íslenskur).
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    No worries!

    It's a general rule when forming adjectives on the noun "land".
    Gotländsk, öländsk, finländsk, utländsk and so on.
     
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