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Swedish nationality law determines entitlement to Swedish citizenship. Citizenship of Sweden is based primarily on the principle of jus sanguinis . In other words, citizenship is conferred primarily by birth to a Swedish parent, irrespective of place of birth.
Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ s / juss SANG-gwin-iss [1] or / j uː s-/ yooss -, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.
Swedification refers to the spread and/or imposition of the Swedish language, people and culture or policies which introduced these changes. In the context of Swedish expansion within Scandinavia, Swedification can refer to both the integration of Scania, Jemtland and Bohuslen in the 1600s and governmental policies regarding Sámi, Tornedalians and Finns during the 1800s and 1900s.
Nationality law is the law of a sovereign state, and of each of its jurisdictions, that defines the legal manner in which a national identity is acquired and how it may be lost. In international law, the legal means to acquire nationality and formal membership in a nation are separated from the relationship between a national and the nation ...
Swedish uses the letter x in native words, but Danish and Norwegian use ks instead. In Swedish orthography, the etymological hv was abolished in 1906. Danish and Bokmål Norwegian still use it, although in some Norwegian words it is simplified to v (verv, virvel, veps and optionally in verken/hverken).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. North Germanic language Swedish Svenska Pronunciation [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] Native to Sweden, Finland, formerly Estonia Ethnicity Swedes Speakers Native: 10 million (2012–2021) L2 speakers: 3 million Language family Indo-European Germanic North Germanic East Scandinavian Swedish Early forms ...
The Swedish language dominates commercial and cultural life in Sweden but did not officially become the country's main language until 2009, when a new language law entered into effect. [1] The need for this legal status had been the subject of protracted debate and proposed legislation was narrowly defeated in 2005. [2]
The Swedish-speaking minority was represented in parliament, and entitled to use their native language in parliamentary debates. After the loss of the Baltic territories to Russia in the early 18th century, around 1,000 Swedish speakers were forced to march to Ukraine , where they founded a village, Gammalsvenskby ("Old Swedish Village"), north ...