Swedish Travellers

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Swedish Travellers are a traditionally itinerant minority group in Sweden with a distinct culture, history, and language variety related to Romani and Scandinavian influences.

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Label Occurrences
Swedish Travellers canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
national minority in Sweden
continent Europe
country Sweden
culture Romani-influenced culture
Scandinavian-influenced culture
Traveller culture
ethnicity Traveller people NERFINISHED
exonymStatus pejorative term
hasAutonym resande
resandefolket NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice distinct music traditions
endogamous marriage patterns
oral storytelling traditions
seasonal migration for work
hasExonym tattare NERFINISHED
hasIssue prejudice and stereotypes in Swedish society
social exclusion
hasLanguage Scandoromani NERFINISHED
Swedish
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European languages NERFINISHED
North Germanic languages NERFINISHED
Romani languages NERFINISHED
hasOccupationTraditions crafts
entertainment
horse dealing
trading
hasSubculture Christian revivalist traditions
historicalPresenceIn Sweden NERFINISHED
historicalPresenceSinceCentury 16th century
identityFeature distinct group identity separate from other Romani groups
strong family networks
languageStatus Scandoromani is a minority language variety NERFINISHED
legalStatus protected national minority in Sweden
populationTrend partly assimilated into majority Swedish society
protectedBy Swedish minority rights legislation
recognizedAsMinorityBy Government of Sweden NERFINISHED
recognizedAsNationalMinoritySince 2000
relatedEthnicGroup Danish Travellers NERFINISHED
Finnish Kale NERFINISHED
Norwegian Travellers NERFINISHED
Romani people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Lutheranism
subjectTo assimilation policies in Sweden
discrimination in Sweden
forced settlement policies in Sweden
traditionalLifestyle itinerant

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Scandoromani usedBy Swedish Travellers