Latvian Swedes
Total population | |
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8,798 (by birth) | |
Languages | |
Swedish, Latvian |
Latvians Swedes (Swedish: svenskletter; Latvian: Zviedrijas latvieši) are Swedes of full or partial Latvian descent residing in Sweden. In 2020, there were 8,798 Latvian-born people living in Sweden.[1]
Notable people[]
- Janis Bubenko (born 1935), computer scientist
- Laila Freivalds (born 1942), politician
- Kārlis Princis (1893–1978), biologist
- Velta Rūķe-Draviņa (1917–2003), linguist and folklorist
- Lars Vilks (1946–2021), visual artist
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Folkmängden efter födelseland, ålder och kön. År 2000 - 2020". Statistikdatabasen. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
Categories:
- Swedish people of Latvian descent
- Ethnic groups in Sweden
- Latvia–Sweden relations