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The Swedish-speaking Finns or Finland-Swedes form a minority group in Finland. The characteristic of this minority is debated: while some see it as an ethnic group of its own some view it purely as a linguistic minority. The group includes about 265,000 people, comprising 5.10% of the population of
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See moreSwedes (Swedish: svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the
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See moreThe growth of immigration to Sweden in the post-war era has triggered a debate in Sweden about the nature of "Swedishness" and how immigrants can
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See moreAccording to recent genetic analysis, both mtDNA and Y chromosome polymorphisms showed a noticeable genetic affinity between
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See moreThe English term "Swede" has been attested in English since the late 16th century and is of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. In Swedish, the term is svensk, which is from the
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See moreOrigins
Like other Scandinavians, Swedes descend from the presumably Indo-European Battle Axe culture and...
See moreThe native language of nearly all Swedes is Swedish (svenska [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] (listen)) a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden
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See moreThe largest area inhabited by Swedes, as well as the earliest known original area inhabited by their linguistic ancestors, is in the country of Sweden, situated on the eastern side of the Scandinavian Peninsula and the islands adjacent to it, situated west of the
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