Swedish Finns ( Swedish sverigefinnar , Fin. Ruotsinsuomalaiset ) - Finns living in Sweden .
As of January 31, 2008, 675 thousand Finnish-speaking citizens lived in Sweden [1] . In 2014, 52 Swedish communes provide their Finnish-speaking residents with pre-school education, as well as care for the elderly in Finnish. For these purposes, the communes receive financial support from the state [2] .
The city of Lulea in the northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, where more than 10 thousand Finns live, received the status of an administrative Finnish-speaking region in early 2013 [3] , and the Finnish-language radio station, which is part of SVT , the Swedish analogue of Yle , launched the Våga finska campaign ! ”, That is,“ Decide to speak Finnish! ”
Notes
- ↑ Ruotsinsuomalaiset tilastoina Sveriges Radio. (fin.)
- ↑ Finnish language is improving in Sweden // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) February 1, 2014. (Retrieved February 2, 2014)
- ↑ The position of Finnish speakers in Sweden is improving // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) October 26, 2013. (Retrieved October 28, 2013)