What is the mother tongue of Sweden?

As Wang Enfu said, the scope of use and so on.

★ History

Swedish is closely related to Danish and Norwegian and has high interoperability. All three languages originated from Old Norwegian a thousand years ago and were influenced by low German. Swedish, Danish, Norwegian Bokm? 0? All 2l languages belong to Eastern Scandinavia. Norwegian is easier to understand than Danish for Swedes.

★ usage

Swedish is the official language of Sweden and the mother tongue of indigenous people (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? 0? The official language of Mishima. 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-speaking 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.

There are also a small number of Swedish speakers in other regions, such as the United States, Brazil and Argentina.

★ Official identity

Although it is not explicitly stipulated, Swedish is actually the official language of Sweden.

Swedish and Finnish are the official languages of Finland. The Finnish government began to use Swedish at the end of 10, and it was not until 1892 that Finnish achieved the same status. According to statistics in 2002, about 290,000 people (5.6% of the population) in Finland use Swedish. After the educational reform in the 1970s, Swedish and Finnish became compulsory courses.

Swedish is an autonomous province of Finland? 0? The official language of Mishima. The residents in this area are guaranteed by international treaties and Finnish laws. However, Finnish has no formal status in this field and is not a compulsory language in schools.

Swedish is one of the official languages of the European Union.