Föglö

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

Föglö
Municipality
Föglö kommun
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Föglö in Finland
Föglö Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E
Country	Finland
Region	Åland
Sub-region	Archipelago
Seat	Degerby
Government
• Municipal manager	Niklas Eriksson
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,869.07 km2 (721.65 sq mi)
• Land	134.77 km2 (52.03 sq mi)
• Water	1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi)
• Rank	286th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	502
• Rank	302nd largest in Finland
• Density	3.72/km2 (9.6/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Swedish	81.7% (official)
• Finnish	3.8%
• Others	14.5%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	13.7%
• 15 to 64	54.8%
• 65 or older	31.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.foglo.ax

The municipality has a population of 502 (30 June 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 1,869.07 square kilometres (721.65 sq mi) of which 1,734.24 km² (669.59 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 3.72 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish, yet in the last decade^{[needs update]} 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.

Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Föglö from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original farmstead and the families who lived there.^[4]

See also

• Föglö wreck