Where is Swedish spoken in Finland?
Today, Swedish dialects are spoken in four different regions in Finland: Ostrobothnia, Åland Islands, Southwest Finland and Uusimaa. Swedish as spoken in Finland is regulated by the Swedish Department of the Institute for the Languages of Finland.
Does Helsinki speak Swedish?
Helsinki, the capital, had a Swedish-speaking majority until late in the 19th century. Currently 5.9\% of the population of Helsinki are native Swedish speakers and 15\% are native speakers of languages other than Finnish and Swedish. The Swedish dialects spoken in Finland mainland are known as Finland-Swedish.
Where is Swedish spoken the most?
Sweden
There are approximately 10.5 million speakers of Swedish around the world, and more than 90 percent of them live in Sweden.
Is Swedish official language in Finland?
The Language law of Finland stipulates that Mainland Finland has two national languages, Finnish and Swedish. In the Åland Islands, the official language is Swedish only. In four Sami populated municipalities of Northern Finland, Sami is recognized as official language.
Is Russian spoken in Finland?
Russian occupies the first place in the list of non-state languages of the country, according to the data provided by Official Statistics of Finland, YLE reports. Almost 70 thousand people have a strong command of the Russian language in Finland. It is a native language for them.
What is Sweden’s main language?
Swedish
Sweden/Official languages
Swedish language, Swedish Svenska, the official language of Sweden and, with Finnish, one of the two national languages of Finland. Swedish belongs to the East Scandinavian group of North Germanic languages. Until World War II, it was also spoken in parts of Estonia and Latvia.
What is the official language of Finland?
Finnish
Swedish
Finland/Official languages
Is Swedish the same as Finnish?
While Standard Swedish and Finland Swedish are mutually intelligible, Swedish and Finnish are not. They are two completely different languages from separate language groups, which means that Swedes who vacation in Finland (and vice versa) won’t be able to understand each other.