Finland Sweden in Sweden
The Finland Swedes in Sweden ( Swedish : finlandssvenskar i Sverige ) are members of the Swedish- speaking minority in Finland who emigrated to Sweden . They make up about a quarter of the Finnish immigrants in Sweden. They also refer to themselves as sverigefinlandssvenskar ( German : "Schwedenfinnlandschweden").
Dispute over minority status
The interests of the minority are represented by the “Reich Association of Finland Swedes in Sweden” ( Finlandssvenskarnas Riksförbund i Sverige , FRIS for short), based in Stockholm . Their status as a minority is controversial and is rejected by the Swedish government because, unlike the Finns , they speak the same mother tongue as the majority of Swedes. The Finnish Swedish spoken by the Finnish Swedes is regarded as a linguistic variant of Swedish, but is not an independent language. However, the standard Finnish Swedish language differs in pronunciation and parts of the vocabulary from Imperial Swedish spoken in Sweden .
The Finland-Swedes, together with the national and ethnic minority of the Swedish Finns (sverigefinnar), form the group of Finnish citizens who have immigrated to Sweden, also known collectively in Swedish as sverigefinländare ("Swedish Finns ").
Strong social, cultural and economic contacts as well as linguistic closeness are the main reasons why Finland-Swedes seek refuge in Sweden. In addition, many Swedish speakers do not meet the requirements for perfect Finnish on the Finnish labor market and experience the attitude towards Swedish in Finland to some extent as hostile, even if there are regional differences. After immigrating to Sweden, many Finnish Swedes are sobering about the Swedes' lack of knowledge about their minority, which means that some of them strengthen their ties to Finland or even return to Finland after a few years.
Well known Finland Swedes in Sweden
Only after Sweden ceded Finland to Tsarist Russia in 1809, Finland-Swedes can be regarded as a minority and Finland-Swedes who emigrated to Sweden can be described as immigrants , although the Swedish term finlandssvensk ("Finnish Swedish") has only been used since the beginning of the 20th century.
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901), baron, professor, polar explorer , cartographer and travel writer
- Stefan Ingves (* 1953), President of the Swedish Reichsbank
- Stina Ekblad (* 1954), actress
- Mark Levengood (* 1964), journalist
- Johan Becker (* 1971), musician
Web links
- Finlandssvenskarnas Riksförbund i Sverige (FRIS) Official website of the Federation of Finland-Swedes in Sweden (Swedish)
- Finlandssvensken magazine of the minority association FRIS (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Press release from Uppsala University of January 13, 2005: Finlandssvenskar flyttar gärna till Sverige ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 24, 2010
- ↑ a b Jan Ekman in the FRIS Finlandssvensken magazine , Förbundet informerer ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB), edition 3/2006, accessed on May 24, 2010
- ↑ a b Åsa Gabrielson in the magazine Tidningen VI : Tema Finlandssvenska. ett land, två språk ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Edition June 10, 2004, accessed May 24, 2010
- ↑ Yasmine El Rafie for the Swedish-Finnish cultural center Hanaholmen in Helsinki : Finländarna i Sverige - vem bryr sig? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 21, 2009, accessed May 25, 2010
- ↑ FRIS info: Minoritetsprojektet och des status ( page can no longer be called up , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Issue 1/2010, accessed on May 26, 2010
- ↑ Saara Haapamäki: Finlandssvenskarna och svenskan i Finland ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 110 kB), Åbo Akademi , accessed on May 24, 2010
- ^ Curriculum vitae of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , accessed on May 27, 2010
