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	Finland-Swedish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A common mistake made by many Swedes is to mistake Finland-Swedish for Swedish with a Finnish accent, something that can be a considerable source of frustration to most Finland-Swedes, since "standard Finland-Swedish" is in fact supposed to sound different from standard Swedish.
		Finland-Swedish is a general term for the closely related cluster of dialects of Swedish spoken in Finland by Finland-Swedes as a first language.
		There is an officially stated aim that Finland-Swedish should remain close to the Swedish spoken in Sweden, thus the Swedish department strongly advises against loanwords and calques from Finnish, which are often incomprehensible to Swedes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finland-Swedish (725 words)

	Finland-Swedes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Finland-Swedish, the name of the dialect group and the standard language spoken by Finland-Swedes, is for the most part mutually intelligible with the dialects spoken in Sweden.
		In the 20th century Finland-Swedes predominantly used the Swedish word finländare ("Finlander") to refer to Finnish nationals to include both themselves and finnar ("Finns"); the latter, in Finland-Swedish usage, implying an Ethnic Finn, i.e.
		Finland is a bilingual country according to its constitution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finlandssvensk (999 words)

	The Swedish Finland
		Finland was to become a scene of Catholic crusades in the 12th century since the catholic church wanted to forestall the Greek Orthodox churches' expansion into Finland.
		A natural consequence of Finland’s historical connection to Sweden, the economic, cultural and political elite in Finland was predominantly of Swedish nobility, clergy and upper class.
		As a result from this, Finland was to be a part of the Swedish kingdom for the next 700 years.
	www.multi.fi /~ulfsjos/fs.htm (923 words)

	Swedish people - Psychology Central
		New Swedes, or Nysvenskar in Swedish, is a term used in Swedish society and currently fashionable in public debate, to denote 20th century immigrants and their offspring, particularly those of southern-European and non-European descent.
		The Swedish people or Swedes (Swedish: Svenskar) are an ethnic group which comprises the native speakers of the Germanic Swedish language and those of their descendants who have retained some other elements of strong ethnic Swedish (self-) identity besides the language.
		Immigrants and their offspring may by some persons be denoted as Swedes, particularly if their Swedish is flawlessly without foreign accent or if they are prominent industrialists or sportsmen and they appear assimilated in the Swedish culture.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Swedes (1454 words)

	Steve Sailer: iSteve.com Blog Archives: Finland's Secret:
		These Swedes are to a large extent descendants of the Swedes that ruled Finland for 700 years until it was conquered by Russia in 1809...
		Finland is a bizarre country where the head of Nokia was once fined $250,000 for exceeding the speed limit on a highway (the Finnish fines are linked to the income of the offender).
		The Washington Post has sent two reporters to Finland for several weeks to find out why Finland has "the world's best educational system, produces such talented musicians and architects, and has more cell phones per capita than Japan and America." They are writing a blog about their findings.
	isteve.blogspot.com /2005/05/finlands-secret.html (1307 words)

	Finland: A Rising Nationality
		On the coast of the Gulf of Finland the Swedes number from 50 per cent, of the population in the west to 5 per cent, in the east.
		Swedes born in Finland and Finns joined together in their work of raising the national feeling and of developing the national literature.
		On the other side of the Gulf of Finland like treasures of popular poetry were brought to light, sung also by the runoiat in a language most akin to that of the Kalevala, and so suggestive of the common origin of both stems, now separated by politics, but once united by their common civilisation.
	dwardmac.pitzer.edu /Anarchist_Archives/kropotkin/Finland/Finland.html (7648 words)

	History of Finland
		Finland was granted autonomy and toward the end of the nineteenth century, the Finnish language became an official language together with the Swedish and then, finally, the first official language.
		In Finland, it is possible to choose civil over military service, belonging to the state Church is optional, our law sanctions married and unmarried couples alike and acknowledges the registration of a homosexual or lesbian relationship, but the powers-that-be still offer no alternative to the study of Swedish, mandatory for all.
		The weakening of Finland in the 17th century, however, proved fatal for the Swedish Empire, because during the reign of Charles XII (1697-1718), unlike in the Thirty Year War, the supply of Finns to be levied and sent to Swedish battlefronts was running low.
	www.suomalaisuudenliitto.fi /history.htm (6437 words)

	The historical significance of the Finland-Swedes
		After Finland becoming a Grand Duchy under the Czar in 1809, Calonius was appointed Chancellor of Justice in the Finnish Cabinet.
		The Finland to which they returned was at that time already an independent state, neutral in the World War, and so they were not traitors any more.
		It was the quality of these armed forces that made it possible for Finland to offer such a resistance to the Red Army that Finland escaped the fate of the Baltic States and Poland.
	home.swipnet.se /nordling/finlandssvenskar/2.html (3869 words)

	National Minorities of Finland, The Swedish-speaking Finns — Virtual Finland
		The Finland Swedes had to abandon their proposals for four Swedish cantons similar to the Swiss model.
		Swedish-speakers in Finland have had a certain reluctance to consider themselves a minority in the legal sense due to the fact that the Finnish Constitution guarantees Swedish official status on equal terms with Finnish.
		When Finland gained independence in 1917, while World War I was still going on and the Revolution was ravaging Russia, it became necessary to settle relations between the Finnish and Swedish-speaking communities in Finland.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/minorit1.html (3345 words)

	Killing with kindness?
		This group of people is, however, compensated for by the fact that the percentage of farmers among Finland-Swedes is greater than in the rest of the population.
		But in Finland handball is a marginal phenomenon.
		One of my acquaintances told me about the son of a Swedish diplomat living in Finland who was in the same class as his daughter.
	www.lib.helsinki.fi /bff/499/ritamaki.html (1729 words)

	Linguistic minorities in Sweden, FAQ (the s.c.nordic FAQ)
		Many Swedes simply don't think the bilingual situation in Finland is something for a monolingual country to strive for, thinking Finland would be more efficient and less prone to social tensions if it was monolingual.
		For Sámi, Finland was perhaps the first to improve their official status, but Norway, modelling its legislature after Finnish model, has made greatest changes, and the Sámi position is stronger in Norway than in other Nordic countries.
		It's in Finland you have to be careful not to speak the wrong language in some towns, not in Sweden.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/Jfaq.html (6807 words)

	The historical significance of the Finland-Swedes
		Since the entire group of Finland-Swedes contained only about six percent of all Swedes, the former obviously are heavily overrepresented as well-known writers.
		The first 19 were born Finland-Swedes, the other 22 count among ordinary Swedes.
		The first seven of these were born Finland-Swedes, which constitutes a full third of them all.
	home.swipnet.se /nordling/finlandssvenskar/1.html (427 words)

	Ruusuvuori: Strange... 4/2005
		She is proof that the language laws work and that it's possible to live in Finland using Swedish alone.
		People always greeted one another when they met, whereas in Finnish Finland one doesn't have to greet acquaintances if one's in a bad mood (as is frequently the case), one can always look away.
		To the young it is no longer so desperately important which culture someone represents or what their mother tongue is. Migration to Finland is increasing all the time, and that is our great good fortune.
	dbgw.finlit.fi /fili/bff/405/ruusuvuoristrange.htm (3176 words)

	University of Helsinki - Department of Geography - Human Geography - Kaisa Kepsu
		Our project,”Swedish-speaking Finns in Finland and Sweden: A geographical study of the changed identity and mobility of a minority”, in turn is a part of a bilateral humanist and social-science programme Interaction Across the Gulf of Bothnia.
		The Academy of Finland is the main financier of the project.
		Migration and Its Impact on the Finland-Swedish Identity in Finland (2004).
	www.helsinki.fi /geography/Kaisa_Kepsu_eng.html (412 words)

	Major Minority — SixDegrees
		This 5.55% of the total population have Swedish as their mother tongue and are considered citizens of Finland, but are not Swedes in any aspect other than language and a distant historical connection.
		In 1808, Finland was conquered by Russia and became an autonomous Grand Duchy, although the administrative language remained in Swedish.
		The Åland Islands (Landskapet Åland in Swedish and Avenanmaan maakunta in Finnish) are an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province of Finland.
	www.6d.fi /cover_story/major_minority (2568 words)

	The Finland-Swedes in Duluth, Minnesota
		In Finland he had been a village teacher but had after some study of theology in America been ordained a minister.
		Olander from Vasa, certified as a pharmacist in Finland, had after some years of practieal experienee in several cities in America, established his own drug store in West Duluth in 1900.
		For some years thereafter the church was served by students during their vacation periods and otherwise aided by pastors of neighboring Swedish churches who conducted services once or twice a month.
	www.genealogia.fi /emi/art/article112e.htm (3158 words)

	Suomenruotsalaiset - Finland's Swedes - Page 27 - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
		Finland-Swedes spend their lives in Finland aware that any attempt to raise the language issue will raise the hackles of an unreasonable majority, and they spend their lives ducking and diving and trying to avoid conflict on the issue.
		This is not say that modern day Finland Swedes are genetically distinct from Finnish speakers, because the two original tribes became so mixed that they are now one.
		It is a delicate subject, and not being from Finland, he doesn't quite grasp the strong emotions involved and the nuances of the problem.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?p=1483095 (1894 words)

	Finlandssvenskarnas riksförbund i Sverige, FRIS
		Finland is an officially bilingual country, Finnish and Swedish being the national languages.
		Approximately one fifth to one fourth of the migrants from Finland to Sweden after WWII have had a Swedish first language (L1) or mother tongue, which is an over representation compared to the number of Swedish L1 speakers in Finland.
		In Finland, FRIS values its co-operation with The Swedish Assembly of Finland, and many other organisations for Swedish Finns, highly.
	www.fris.nu /sidor/english.html (473 words)

	Finland-Swedish Links
		Jean Johann Julius C. Sibelius, is considered to be Finland's greatest composer.
		New Fiction and Facts from Finland includes listings and very brief summaries of the latest releases of Finland-Swedish books for adults and children.
		He wrote, among other things, the national anthem and his birthday, February 6th, is a national holiday in Finland.
	www.csua.berkeley.edu /~larson/fisv.html (416 words)

	Finland - History
		By the war's end in 1323, the Russians had managed to hold on to some land in Finland, but the Swedes took control of most of the rest of Finland.
		The Swedes belonged to the Catholic religion, so during the early part of Swedish rule, Catholicism was the religion of the Finns.
		The ancestors of modern-day Finland moved into the area from present-day Russia and Estonia between 3,000 BC and the first century AD.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_Geography_226_1.html (540 words)

	Off-topic... But still worth writing
		Next message: Swedes and character names in strange languages
	stp.ling.uu.se /pipermail/dcml/2003-May/017169.html (48 words)

	Upcoming events
		Includes profile of overall Finnish community with descriptions of Finland Swedes and their organizations.
		The author explores Old World attitudes and current ethnic relations which Finland Swedes maintain in North America.
		Contains vocabularies, bibliography, list of parishes, genealogical societies, archives in Finland, script handwriting styles, some SFHS holdings, and other useful tools.
	sfhs.eget.net /bookstore.html (437 words)

	papers
		Feb.24,1996; - "The Finland-Swedes of Canada: A Disappearing ethnic minority", presented at the MEV (Muutto ja Etnisyys Verkosto - Migration and Ethnicity Network) Seminar, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland.
		May 14,1998; - "The loss of identity of Finland-Swedes in Canada", presented at the Biennial Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies, May 12-16,1998, at the University of Helsinki Renvall Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
		June 14, 2001; "Losing Hard Feelings: Finland-Swedes and Finns in Canada", presented at FinnForum VI Conference, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
	www.newpaltz.edu /~roinilam/papers.html (980 words)

	Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
		The climate in Southern Finland is a northern temperate climate.
		The judicial system of Finland is divided between courts with regular civil and criminal jurisdiction and administrative courts with responsibility for litigation between the individuals and the administrative organs of the state and the communities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finland (3521 words)

	publications
		Finland-Swedes in Canada: Migration, Settlement and Ethnic Relations, Institute of Migration Publication Series C, Turku, Finland, 2000, 266 pages.
		Migration Studies C15, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland, 2002, pp.178-187.
		Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies - Finland, Vol.3, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, 1997, 429 p.
	www.newpaltz.edu /~roinilam/publications.html (680 words)

	Finland-Swedish biography .ms
		There is an officially stated aim that the Finland-Swedish dialect should remain close to the Swedish spoken in Sweden, thus the Swedish Department strongly advises against loanwords and calques from Finnish, which would often be incomprehensible to Swedes from Sweden.
		Finland being a bilingual country, according to its constitution, means that citizens of the Finland-Swedish minority have the right to communicate with authorities in their mother tongue.
		In the light of repeated losses of importance and influence of Finland-Swedish in Finland, it was natural for the minority to identify Sweden as the mother country capable of intervening against anti-Swedish policies by the government of Finland.
	www.biography.ms /Finland-Swedish.html (1001 words)

	History of Finland and the Finnish People from ice age to WWII.
		Finland was in the Swedish realm for 700 years during which time Sweden had access to Finnish territory for trade, and Finnish soldiers for its own military campaigns.
		Then alongside that land to the south, on the other side of the mountains, is the land of the Swedes, extending northwards; and alongside that land to the north, the land of the Finns.
		Finland continued to shrink, 1944 being the last shift in the border when Finland lost most of its eastern Karelia province.
	peacecountry0.tripod.com /earlyfin.htm (9092 words)

	The historical significance of the Finland-Swedes
		The Finland-Swedes are ethnically distinguishable from the Finns and--to a lesser degree--also from the Swedes of Sweden.
		Less well known internationally is the 6 percent minority of ethnic Swedes in Finland.
		Surprisingly this change has been brought about largely by the activity of a number of Finland-Swedes.
	home.swipnet.se /nordling/finlandssvenskar/intro.html (800 words)

	Nordic Culture > Famous Nordic Inventions - Scandinavica.com
		Swedes Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munter developed a refrigerating machine without any moving parts still used today in refrigerators and freezers for places with no electricity.
		Swede John Ericsson is best known for his patent on propelling vessels, used in ships and aircrafts.
		Ericsson, founded by Swede Lars Magnus Ericsson in Stockholm, constructed the first handheld micro telephone in 1884 and the automatic exchange in the 1940.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/famous/inventions.htm (1001 words)

	Nordic FAQ - 4 of 7 - FINLAND
		The independent Finland became officially bilingual, and during the Second World War (if not before) a consensus was established that both "Finns" and "Swedes" of Finland belonged to the same nation, a nation which thus in conflict with the 19th century Nationalism's dogma comprised two very different languages: Finnish and Swedish.
		Finland shares a common border in the north with Norway, in the east a long border (1,269 km) with Russia, on the south it is bordered by the Gulf of Finland, and on the west by the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden.
		SW Finland appears to have been allied with central Sweden already in the Viking age, so it has been hypothesized that the campaign was a punitive expedition against an ally that had become unreliable, perhaps because of the influence of Greek Orthodox missionaries.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part4_FINLAND (17049 words)

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