Inquiry En Utredning om Vanvård av Samhällsvårdade Barn på Åland under 1953‐1971
- Alternative Name
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- Investigation into the Neglect of Children in Social Care on Åland during 1953‐1971
- Location
Key Dates
- 7 September 2011
- Announcement date
- February 2012 - March 2015
- Period of operation
- March 2015
- Final Report
Details
Institutions
The orphanage Stiftelsen Hemmet (in operation 1953-1971) was the principal institution; also the Betania congregation’s orphanage at Mariehamn operated in the years 1919-1967, when replaced by the new family group orphanage, Tallbacken.
Related Inquiries
The Swedish Inquiry was a major influence in the setting up and conduct of the Åland investigation.
Inquiry Panel
Publications
Final Report
- Roos, S. & Lund, L., En Utredning om Vanvård av Samhällsvårdade Barn på Åland under 1953‐1971 [An Investigation into the Neglect of Community Care Children on Åland during 1953-1971], March 2015. Available at https://www.nyan.ax/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/RAPPORT-OM-VANVÅRD_april-2015.pdf. Details
This preliminary notice will be completed for the 4th edition of The Age of Inquiry, to be published late in 2026.
Wright, K., Swain, S., and Sköld, J. (2025). The Age of Inquiry: A global mapping of institutional abuse inquiries. Third edition. Melbourne: La Trobe University. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4225/22/591e1e3a36139