WebSwedish is the main language of 5.2% of the population in 2020 (92.4% in the Åland autonomous province), down from 14% at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2012, 44% of Finnish citizens with another registered primary language than Swedish could hold a conversation in this language. Swedish is a North Germanic language, closely related to …

WebPorvoo (Finnish pronunciation: ; Swedish: Borgå (); Latin: Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the city border of Helsinki and about 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval towns of Finland, along with Turku, …

WebVaasa (Finnish: [ˈʋɑːsɑ]; Swedish: Vasa, Finland Swedish: (), Sweden Swedish: [ˈvɑ̂ːsa] ()), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki (Swedish: Nikolaistad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas), is a city on the west coast of Finland.It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa.

WebFinland (Finnish: Suomi (); Swedish: Finland [ˈfɪ̌nland] ()), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta; Swedish: Republiken Finland (listen to all)), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa.The vast majority of the …

WebEstonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia.The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa …

WebEspoo (/ ˈ ɛ s p oʊ /, Finnish: ; Swedish: Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland.It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi while surrounding the enclaved town of Kauniainen.The city covers 528.03 square kilometres …

WebFrom 1902 until 1906, the city was officially bilingual. Kotka has a Swedish speaking minority (see: Swedish-speaking population of Finland), which in the 1890s accounted for 16% of the city population and 3% in the 1950s. Today around 1% of the city's population are Swedish speakers.

WebEtymology. The name semla (plural, semlor) is a loan word from German Semmel, originally deriving from the Latin simila, meaning 'flour', itself a borrowing from Greek σεμίδαλις (semidalis), "groats", which was the name used for the finest quality wheat flour or semolina. In the southernmost part of Sweden and by the Swedish-speaking population in …

WebThe Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition from a grand duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state. The clashes took place in the context of the national, political, and …

WebToday the church has three dioceses and 54,895 members in Finland, accounting for almost one percent of the native population of Finland. The parish of Helsinki has the most adherents. There are also 2,700 members living abroad. Structure and organization. Along with ... and so a Swedish-speaking branch of the Finnish Orthodox Church was born.