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However, statistics of the Finnish population according to first language and citizenship are documented and available. c Finnish born population resident in Sweden. This figure likely includes all Finnish-born (regardless of ethnic background) and as such might be misleading. d Swedish population with at least partial Finnish background.
In the Swedish mindset, the term "Sweden Finns" historically denominated primarily the (previously) un-assimilated indigenous minority of ethnic Finns who ended up on the Swedish side of the border when Sweden was partitioned in 1809, after the Finnish War, and the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland was created.
It can be as narrow as the Baltic Finns of Finland, Scandinavia, Estonia and Northwest Russia. [2] In Russian academic literature, the term typically comprises the Baltic Finns and the Volga Finns, the indigenous peoples living near the Volga and Kama Rivers; the Perm Finns are sometimes distinguished as a third group.
The term Scandinavia (sometimes specified in English as Continental Scandinavia or mainland Scandinavia) is ordinarily used locally for Denmark, Norway and Sweden as a subset of the Nordic countries (known in Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish as Norden; Finnish: Pohjoismaat, Icelandic: Norðurlöndin, Faroese: Norðurlond).
More than 17,000 Swedish-speaking Finns live in officially monolingual Finnish municipalities, and are thus not represented on the map. The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names [Note 1] —see below; Swedish: finlandssvenskar; Finnish: suomenruotsalaiset) is a linguistic minority in Finland.
The Finnish area just east of Bothnian Bay stands out as the largest plain in the Nordic countries. [73] The Scandinavian Mountains dominate the landscape of Norway. The southern part of the Scandinavian Mountains is broader than the northern one and contains higher peaks. The southern part contains also a series of plateaux and gently ...
The largest minority group in Finland is the Swedish-speaking Finns, who in 2018 numbered about 282,300, with all Swedish speakers in the country making a total of 288,400 which is 5.2% of the total population. [1] Municipalities are classified as either monolingual or bilingual with a majority language.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Group of peoples around the Baltic Sea This article is about the Finnic peoples living near the Baltic Sea. For other uses, see Finnic peoples. Ethnic group Baltic Finnic peoples Finnic languages at the beginning of the 20th century Total population c. 7.4–8.2 million Regions with ...