Swedish-speaking areas

Swedish is the official language of Sweden and the mother tongue of the indigenous people in this country (7,8810,000). Most of the immigrant population (1, 028,000) are familiar with Swedish. (Data from 200 1 official figures)

Swedish is an autonomous province of Finland &; The official language of Aring land island. Only 6% of Finns in Finland speak Swedish. These Finnish Swedes live in coastal areas and in southern and southwestern Finland; There are also scattered in other areas.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, Russia annexed the Baltic Sea, and many Swedish communities there were forced to move to Ukraine. Survivors built villages in the area until the Russian revolution broke out and they were driven back to Sweden. The dialect spoken by these people is called gammalsvenska (ancient Swedish).

During World War I and World War II, Swedes living in Estonia were treated well. The legal status of Swedes is recognized in cities with a Swedish majority. Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union after World War II, and the Swedes living there fled back to Sweden.