'''Ruhnu''' ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: Runö) is an [[island]] in the [[Baltic seaSea]], controlled by [[Estonia]]. Administratively, Ruhnu belongs to the [[Saare County]]. Ruhnu has less than 100 inhabitants. Travel to Ruhnu is by weekly flights from [[Pärnu]] and [[Kuressaare]] in winter, twice weekly in summer, and irregular ferry service.
After [[World War I]], the island was allocated to Estonia, but up tilluntil [[1945]] it was populated by [[Sweden|Swedes]] and traditional [[Sweden|Swedish]] law was used. Swedish people ran awayfled or were expelled when the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] occupation started in 1940, and the island was repopulated by [[Estonians]]. The number of inhabitants never exceeded 400, and in the [[1970s]], after a storm hit Ruhnu, most of thempeople were relocated. After Estonia became independent in [[1991]], homes were given back to the descendants of Swedes who once owned itthem. While most of them didn't return, they ocassionallyoccasionally visit the land of their forefathers.
Ruhnu is one of most remote continuously inhabited spots of the [[European Union]].
