Swedish-speaking minority in Finland

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Swedish-speaking_minority_in_Finland

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Swedish-speaking_Finns gptkb:Finland-Swedes
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Finland
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	gptkb:Lucia_Day Midsummer celebrations Swedish traditions bilingualism
gptkbp:culturalOrganizations	gptkb:Svenska_Finlands_folkting gptkb:Svenska_litteratursällskapet_i_Finland
gptkbp:dayOfWeek	gptkb:6_November_(Swedish_Day_in_Finland)
gptkbp:demographics	declining percentage of population
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Sweden gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Åbo_Akademi_University gptkb:Hanken_School_of_Economics Swedish-language schools
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Finland-Swedish_flag
gptkbp:historicalEvent	Finland part of Sweden until 1809 language strife in 19th and 20th centuries
gptkbp:historicalName	descendants of Swedish settlers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Swedish-speaking minority in Finland
gptkbp:languageStatus	official minority language
gptkbp:mainLanguage	Swedish
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Yle_Fem gptkb:Hufvudstadsbladet gptkb:Västra_Nyland
gptkbp:minorityIn	yes
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg gptkb:Tarja_Halonen gptkb:Tove_Jansson gptkb:Märta_Tikkanen
gptkbp:parliamentary_representation	guaranteed by law
gptkbp:politicalParty	gptkb:Swedish_People's_Party_of_Finland
gptkbp:population	about 290,000 about 5.2%
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Uusimaa gptkb:Åland_Islands gptkb:Southwest_Finland coastal areas of Ostrobothnia
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Finns gptkb:Swedes gptkb:Estonian_Swedes gptkb:Ålanders
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland
gptkbp:rights	protected by Finnish constitution
gptkbp:secondLanguage	Finnish
gptkbp:status	co-official language in Finland
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:ÅA
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6