Language policy in Finland

compulsory teaching of the Swedish language in Finnish elementary schools

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19th-century language conflict within Finland

thumb|right|A set of graves in Tampere, showing the Swedish surname 'Kyander' as well as the finnicized 'Kiianmies'. Finnicization (also finnicisation, fennicization, fennicisation) is the changing of one's personal names from other languages (usually Swedish) into Finnish. During the era of National Romanticism in Finland, many people, especially Fennomans, finnicized their previously Swedish family names.

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