A watan Disamba na 1917, a lokacin tashin hankali na juyin juya halin Rasha, Finland ta ayyana 'yancin kai, amma yawancin mutanen Åland sun so su koma Sweden. Gwamnatin Finnish ta dauki tsibirin a matsayin wani ɓangare na sabuwar al'ummarsu, kamar yadda Rasha ta hada da Åland a cikin Grand Duchy na Finland, wanda aka kafa a 1809. A shekara ta 1920, rikici ya yi tsanani har ya kai ga cewa akwai haɗarin yaki. Gwamnatin Birtaniya ta koma ga Majalisar League, amma Finland ba za ta bari League ta yanke shawara ba, kamar yadda suka yi la'akari da shi a matsayin al'amari na ciki.
Disamba 1917