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Become a stem cell donor in the Åland Islands

For people who live in the Åland Islands. Live somewhere else? Find your place.

If you live in the Åland Islands, you can join Finnish Stem Cell Registry from age 18 to 35. People who live on Åland join Finland’s Stem Cell Registry, which takes healthy people aged 18 to 35 living permanently in Finland and publishes its joining information in Swedish. 2 5 Checked .

You can join hereHow we check
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What happens after you join, From your sample to a possible call
Åland Islands at a glance
PlaceÅland Islands (Åland) 11
RegionNorthern Europe, Europe 9
PopulationAbout 30,800 (2025) 10
RegistryFinnish Stem Cell Registry (Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelu (Finnish Red Cross Blood Service)) 1 2 3
Who can joinAges 18 to 35, listed until your 56th birthdayThe Finnish registry’s online form starts with Finnish strong electronic identification and is offered in Finnish, Swedish and English. 2 3
How you sign upIn Swedish, the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service explains joining at home: an online test and form, saliva swabs posted to your home, and a prepaid envelope to send them back. 5
CostSending your saliva swabs back from Åland costs nothing, as they go in a prepaid return envelope, and the Blood Service pays donors’ travel, lodging and meals and the cost of about a week of paid sick leave after a donation. 5
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Stem cell registries are also called bone marrow registries.

Who runs the stem cell donor registry in the Åland Islands?

Finnish Stem Cell Registry signs up people who live in the Åland Islands. It is run by Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelu (Finnish Red Cross Blood Service), a blood service.

Åland residents join Finland’s Stem Cell Registry, aged 18 to 35. 5

How do I join in the Åland Islands?

The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service lists ten sites where you can also join in person, among them Espoo, Helsinki, Turku (Åbo) and Vantaa, and none of them is on Åland. 5 7

Who can join in the Åland Islands?

Can I donate?Age limits by country

Finnish Stem Cell Registry’s ages

The Åland Islands and the world’s donor search

Members of Finland’s Stem Cell Registry, including people from Åland, must be ready to help any patient in Finland or abroad, and can’t join for one particular patient. 6

What happens after I join?

Members stay on Finland’s registry until they turn 56; a member who moves abroad permanently can ask about moving their donor data to the new country’s registry. 2 6

What donating is like

Questions about joining in the Åland Islands

Do I have to be a citizen to join if I live in the Åland Islands?

The Finnish registry’s online form starts with Finnish strong electronic identification and is offered in Finnish, Swedish and English. 3

How do I sign up in the Åland Islands: online, by kit or in person?

In Swedish, the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service explains joining at home: an online test and form, saliva swabs posted to your home, and a prepaid envelope to send them back. 5

Does it cost anything to join in the Åland Islands?

Sending your saliva swabs back from Åland costs nothing, as they go in a prepaid return envelope, and the Blood Service pays donors’ travel, lodging and meals and the cost of about a week of paid sick leave after a donation. 5

How old do you have to be to join Finnish Stem Cell Registry?

Finnish Stem Cell Registry signs up people aged 18 to 35. It keeps you listed until your 56th birthday. 2

Is Finnish Stem Cell Registry part of the international donor search?

Yes. Finnish Stem Cell Registry is a member of the World Marrow Donor Association.

I live in the Åland Islands. Do I join through Finland?

Yes: people on Åland join Finland’s Stem Cell Registry, part of the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, though health care on Åland is run by its own health service, Ålands hälso- och sjukvård (ÅHS), formed on Jan 1, 1994, under an Åland act on health care. 2 4 8

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Sources

How we check

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Registries

  1. Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelu. Liity Kantasolurekisteriin. Checked
  2. Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelu. Ennen liittymistä. Checked
  3. Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelu. Kantasolurekisterin liittymislomake, Tunnistus. Checked
  4. Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelu. Mikä Kantasolurekisteri? Checked
  5. Finlands Röda Kors Blodtjänst. Anslut dig till Stamcellsregistret. Checked
  6. Suomen Punaisen Ristin Veripalvelu. Usein kysyttyä: Yleistä Kantasolurekisteristä. Checked
  7. Finlands Röda Kors Blodtjänst. Blodtjänst verksamhetsställen.
  8. Ålands hälso- och sjukvård (ÅHS). Kort historik över Ålands hälso- och sjukvård.

Figures and lists

  1. United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table). Checked
  2. Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå (ÅSUB). Befolkningsrörelsen 2025, slutliga siffror. Updated Jun 4, 2026.

Other sources

  1. Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Europe).