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Swedish-speaking Finland — the relationship

Community

⚠ NOT PART OF SWEDEN. Swedish is an official language of FINLAND and is spoken by a long-established community on the southern and western coasts and in Åland, which is an autonomous Swedish-speaking region of Finland. Their foodways are Finnish and Finland-Swedish, with real shared elements — the Åland pancake, the Christmas table, herring, rye — and they are not a branch of Swedish foodways.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Finland-Swedes community documented
  • Ålanders community documented

Languages: Swedish

What is recorded

  • Swedish-speaking Finland, including the autonomous region of Åland, is part of Finland. Its foodways are Finnish and Finland-Swedish and are not a branch of Swedish foodways, notwithstanding a shared language and substantial shared repertoire. documented

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