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North Germanic peoples, Nordic peoples [1] and in a medieval context Norsemen, [2] were a Germanic linguistic group originating from the Scandinavian Peninsula. [3] They are identified by their cultural similarities, common ancestry and common use of the Proto-Norse language from around 200 AD, a language that around 800 AD became the Old Norse language, which in turn later became the North ...
The Swedish press adopted a distanced and critical attitude towards National Socialism which caused disgruntlements between the German-Swedish relations. While Germany was influenced by National Socialism, Sweden was a country with a social democratic government.
The merging/assimilation of the two nations took a long time, however. In the early-20th century, Nordisk familjebok noted that svensk had almost replaced svear as a name for the Swedish people. [29] At the same time, the Swedish ancestors were often referred to as Geats, especially when their heroism or connection to the Goths was to be stressed.
Similarities between the name of the Goths, some Swedish place names and the names of the Gutes and Geats have been cited as evidence that the Goths originated in Gotland or Götaland. [53] [54] [55] The Goths, Geats and Gutes may all have descended from an early community of seafarers active on both sides of the Baltic.
The language group is also referred to as the Nordic languages, a direct translation of the most common term used among Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish scholars and people. The term North Germanic languages is used in comparative linguistics , [ 1 ] whereas the term Scandinavian languages appears in studies of the modern ...
Germans in Sweden, alternatively known as German Swedish people (Swedish: svensktyskar) are Swedes of full or partial German descent residing in Sweden. In 2020, there were 51,434 people living in Sweden born in Germany. [1] Around 29,000 German citizens live in Sweden as of 2021. [2]
Swedish families of German ancestry (7 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Swedish people of German descent" The following 173 pages are in this category, out of 173 total.
The Swedes (Swedish: svear; Old Norse: svíar; probably from the PIE reflexive pronominal root *s(w)e, "one's own [tribesmen/kinsmen]"; [1] [2] Old English: Swēon) were a North Germanic tribe who inhabited Svealand ("land of the Swedes") in central Sweden and one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes, along with Geats and Gutes.