Swedes

E40746
North Germanic people ethnic group

Swedes are a North Germanic ethnic group native to Sweden, historically known for their Viking heritage, Lutheran tradition, and influential role in Scandinavian culture and politics.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Swede 1
Swedish people 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
contributedTo Nordic politics ⓘ
Scandinavian culture ⓘ
conversionTo Christianity ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
culturalRegion Nordic countries ⓘ
culturalSymbol Dala horse ⓘ
Midsummer celebration ⓘ
Flag of Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Swedish flag
diasporaIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicallyAssociatedWith Sweden ⓘ
ethnonymDerivedFrom Svear ⓘ
historicalEraOfProminence Swedish Empire ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Varangians ⓘ
Vikings ⓘ
historicallyDominantChurch Church of Sweden ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
historicalRegion Götaland ⓘ
Svealand ⓘ
historicalReligion Norse mythology ⓘ
surface form: Norse paganism
languageFamily North Germanic languages ⓘ
majorReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
minorityIn Finland ⓘ
nativeTo Sweden ⓘ
partOf Scandinavians ⓘ
populationMajorityIn Sweden ⓘ
primaryLanguage Swedish language ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguage Finland Swedish ⓘ
surface form: Swedish language in Finland
relatedEthnicGroup Scandinavians ⓘ
surface form: Danes

Faroese ⓘ
Icelanders ⓘ
Norwegians ⓘ
stereotypicalTrait secularism ⓘ
social egalitarianism ⓘ
traditionalReligionBranch Protestantism ⓘ
typicalCuisine Swedish cuisine ⓘ
typicalNationality Swedish ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Kven people → ancestry → Swedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish people
Beowulf → associatedTribe → Swedes ⓘ
Sweden → demonym → Swedes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swede
Carin Göring → ethnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ
Greta Garbo → ethnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ
King Henrik → ethnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ
subject surface form: Henrik Lundqvist
Immanuel Nobel → ethnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ
Bergman → ethnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ingrid Bergman
Robert Nobel → ethnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ
Viking Age → participants → Swedes ⓘ
Finns → relatedEthnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ
Gutes → relatedEthnicGroup → Swedes ⓘ