Swedes
Sign in to saveSwedes (), or Swedish people, are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language. Swedes mostly inhabit Sweden but have also migrated to other countries, especially the other Nordic countries. A substantial diaspora in other countries include the Swedish Americans in the United States and Canada.
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Swedes are the ethnic group native to Sweden who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language. While most live in Sweden, many have migrated to other countries, particularly other Nordic nations and North America, where Swedish Americans form a significant diaspora community.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Swedes
- Ethnic group.image
- Map of the Swedish Diaspora in the World.svg
- Ethnic group.pop
- 15 million
- Ethnic group.popplace
- 10 million
- Ethnic group.region1
- Swedish citizens abroad
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 546,000
- Ethnic group.region2
- Swedish diaspora
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 4.5–5 million
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 4,347,703 29,000
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 341,845 26,000 <!--
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- 290,000 -->
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 100,000
Article
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origins
- Migration Age and Vendel Period
- Viking and Middle Ages
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Cultural advances
- Feudal institutions in Sweden
- Late Middle Ages
- Swedish Empire
- Modern history
- World Wars
- Post-war era
- Recent history
- Language
- Genetics
- Geographic distribution
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Swedes (), or Swedish people, are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language. Swedes mostly inhabit Sweden but have also migrated to other countries, especially the other Nordic countries. A substantial diaspora in other countries include the Swedish Americans in the United States and Canada.
The Swedish language is one of the official languages of Finland and the Finland-Swedes – having Finnish national identity – are an officially recognized linguistic minority.