Swedish-speaking Finns

E7671
cultural minority ethnic group linguistic minority

Swedish-speaking Finns are a Finland-based linguistic and cultural minority whose native language is Swedish and who have historically played a prominent role in the country’s politics, culture, and society.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Finland Swedes 1
Swedish-speaking community of Finland 1
Swedish-speaking municipalities of Finland 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural minority ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
linguistic minority ⓘ
bilingualCountryContext Finland ⓘ
bilingualMunicipalities exist in coastal regions of Finland ⓘ
citizenshipTypical Finnish ⓘ
concentratedInRegion Ostrobothnia ⓘ
Uusimaa ⓘ
Åland Islands ⓘ
surface form: Åboland

Åland Islands ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
culturalOrganization Folktinget (Swedish Assembly of Finland) ⓘ
Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland ⓘ
educationRight mother-tongue education in Swedish ⓘ
haveAutonomousRegionWithSwedishMajority Åland Islands ⓘ
historicallyDominantLanguageOfAdministrationIn Finland ⓘ
historicallyDominantLanguageOfEliteIn Finland ⓘ
historicallyDominantLanguageOfHigherEducationIn Finland ⓘ
historicalOriginContext Swedish settlement along Finnish coasts ⓘ
historicalRole prominent in Finnish culture ⓘ
prominent in Finnish economy ⓘ
prominent in Finnish politics ⓘ
historicalStateContext Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sweden
identityDebate seen both as linguistic group and as ethnic group ⓘ
ISO639LanguageCode sv ⓘ
languageVariety Finland Swedish ⓘ
legalProtectionOfLanguage Constitution of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Constitution

Language Act of Finland ⓘ
maintainInstitution Swedish-language media in Finland ⓘ
Swedish-language schools in Finland ⓘ
Swedish-language universities and university departments in Finland ⓘ
mediaOutletLanguage Swedish ⓘ
nativeLanguage Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish
notableContributionField business ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
science ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
officialLanguageStatusSharedWith Finnish ⓘ
politicalParty Swedish People’s Party of Finland ⓘ
populationShareInFinland about 5 percent ⓘ
recognizedMinorityStatusIn Finland ⓘ
relatedGroup Finns ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
selfDesignation Swedish-speaking Finns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: finlandssvenskar
selfDesignationInFinnish suomenruotsalaiset ⓘ
typicalBilingualism many speak both Swedish and Finnish ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim → ethnicGroup → Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
Nils Torvalds → ethnicGroup → Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
Tove Jansson → ethnicGroup → Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
Uusimaa → hasSignificantPopulationGroup → Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
Nils Torvalds → partOf → Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish-speaking community of Finland
subject surface form: Folktinget
Swedish-speaking Finns → selfDesignation → Swedish-speaking Finns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: finlandssvenskar
Finland Swedish → spokenBy → Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finland Swedes
Finland Swedish → usedIn → Swedish-speaking Finns ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish-speaking municipalities of Finland