Kven people

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ethnic group national minority

The Kven people are a Finnish-speaking ethnic minority in northern Norway with roots in Finnish and Swedish migration, recognized for their distinct language, culture, and history in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
national minority ⓘ
ancestry Finnish people ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
surface form: Swedish people
country Norway ⓘ
culturalRegion Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic

Fennoscandia ⓘ
surface form: Barents Region
demographicStatus small minority ⓘ
ethnonym Kven ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Kven Culture Centre ⓘ
hasCulturalOrganization Kven Institute ⓘ
Norwegian Kven Organization ⓘ
heritageStatus distinct culture ⓘ
distinct history ⓘ
distinct language ⓘ
historicalMigrationFrom Finland ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
historicalMigrationTo Northern Norway ⓘ
language Kven language ⓘ
languageFamily Finnic languages ⓘ
Uralic languages ⓘ
mainMigrationPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
policyPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
primaryLocation Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
surface form: Finnmark

Nordland ⓘ
Northern Norway ⓘ
Troms ⓘ
protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy Government of Norway ⓘ
recognizedAsMinoritySince 1998 ⓘ
recognizedLanguage Kven language ⓘ
recognizedLanguageBy Government of Norway ⓘ
recognizedLanguageSince 2005 ⓘ
regionOfOrigin northern Fennoscandia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Finns ⓘ
Norwegians ⓘ
Sami people ⓘ
Tornedalians ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
subjectToPolicy Norwegianization ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Northern Norway → ethnicGroup → Kven people ⓘ
Kven → ethnicGroupAssociated → Kven people ⓘ
Vadsø → hasMinority → Kven people ⓘ
Kven language → spokenBy → Kven people ⓘ
Kven language → spokenByEthnicGroup → Kven people ⓘ
Kven → traditionalLanguageOf → Kven people ⓘ