Tornedalians

E364343
ethnic group national minority in Sweden

Tornedalians are a Finnish-speaking minority group native to the Torne Valley region of northern Sweden, known for their distinct Meänkieli language and cross-border cultural heritage with Finland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tornedalians canonical 8
Tornedalian 1
Tornedalian people 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
national minority in Sweden ⓘ
abbreviationOfOrganization STR-T ⓘ
associatedCuisine Tornedalian food traditions ⓘ
borderRiver Torne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
crossBorderHeritageWith Finland ⓘ
culturalHeritage Meänkieli literature ⓘ
Meänkieli music ⓘ
Tornedalian folk traditions ⓘ
cross-border family ties with Finland ⓘ
culturalOrganization Svenska Tornedalingars Riksförbund ⓘ
culturalPractice bilingualism in Swedish and Meänkieli ⓘ
culturalRegion Tornio River basin ⓘ
surface form: Tornio River Valley
ethnicOrigin Finnish ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Swedish ⓘ
historicalEventAffectingGroup division of the Torne Valley between Sweden and Russia-Finland in 1809 ⓘ
historicalLanguagePolicyExperience Swedification ⓘ
historicalRegion Norrbotten County ⓘ
surface form: Norrbotten
language Finnish ⓘ
Meänkieli ⓘ
legalProtection Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ⓘ
surface form: Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ
minorityLanguageArea Norrbotten County ⓘ
minorityStatusRecognizedInYear 2000 ⓘ
nativeTo Torne Valley ⓘ
northern Sweden ⓘ
populationConcentration Haparanda Municipality ⓘ
Kiruna Municipality ⓘ
Pajala Municipality ⓘ
Övertorneå Municipality ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy Swedish government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Sweden
recognizedMinorityLanguage Meänkieli ⓘ
region Lapland, Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Lapland (Swedish Lapland)
relatedEthnicGroup Finns ⓘ
Kven ⓘ
surface form: Kvens

Meänkieli speakers ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
selfDesignation tornedalingar ⓘ
selfDesignationLanguage Meänkieli ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kven people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tornedalians ⓘ
Meänkieli → traditionallySpokenBy → Tornedalians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tornedalian people
Meänkieli → hasSpeakerCommunity → Tornedalians ⓘ
Mikael Niemi → ethnicGroup → Tornedalians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tornedalian
Torne River → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Tornedalians ⓘ
Norrbotten County → ethnicGroup → Tornedalians ⓘ
Tornedalen → ethnicGroup → Tornedalians ⓘ
Torne Valley Finnish → spokenBy → Tornedalians ⓘ
Torne Valley Finnish → ethnicGroup → Tornedalians ⓘ
Meän kieli → ethnicGroup → Tornedalians ⓘ