Kökar (pronunciationⓘ) is an island municipality to the south-east of the Åland archipelago, Finland.
It is reachable by boat from Långnäs on Åland or from Galtby with access to mainland Finland.
It was given by a local sailor who had been captured by North African pirates but who later managed to escape.
The local museum was opened in 1988 and its purpose is to show how the people of Kökar lived in the 19th century and onwards to the 1940s.
[citation needed] There is also a Bronze Age site dating back to 1150–1050 BC.