Tornedalen

E367597
cultural region valley

Tornedalen is a culturally distinct valley region along the Torne River on the border between northern Sweden and Finland, known for its Finnish and Meänkieli-speaking communities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tornedalen canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
borderRegionOf Finland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
climateType subarctic climate ⓘ
containsLocality Pajala ⓘ
Övertorneå ⓘ
containsTown Haparanda ⓘ
Tornio ⓘ
crossBorderRegionBetween Finland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tornedalians ⓘ
follows Torne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalCharacteristic Finnish-speaking community ⓘ
Meänkieli-speaking community ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus minority culture in Sweden ⓘ
hasCulturalOrganization Svenska Tornedalingars Riksförbund ⓘ
surface form: Tornedaling associations
hasCulturalTradition Midsummer celebrations ⓘ
Tornedalian cuisine ⓘ
Tornedalian music ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature mixed Swedish-Finnish ancestry ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom Finland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Sápmi ⓘ
hasImportantCityPair Haparanda ⓘ
surface form: Haparanda–Tornio
hasLanguage Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature code-switching between Swedish, Finnish and Meänkieli ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Torne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMinorityGroup Meänkieli speakers ⓘ
hasMinorityGroupRecognizedIn Sweden ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage Meänkieli ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguageStatus Meänkieli in Sweden ⓘ
hasRiverValleyLandscape Torne River valley ⓘ
hasTraditionalReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
isExampleOf borderland culture ⓘ
transnational region ⓘ
knownFor Tornedalian culture ⓘ
bilingualism ⓘ
cross-border culture ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Finland ⓘ
surface form: northern Finland

northern Sweden ⓘ
partlyIn Lapland ⓘ
surface form: Lapland (Finland)

Norrbotten County ⓘ
partOf Lapland, Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Lapland region

Referenced by (2)

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

Meänkieli → spokenInRegion → Tornedalen ⓘ
Torne Valley Finnish → region → Tornedalen ⓘ