Envelope stamp issued by the Swedish People's party in 1922 featuring the flag of "Swedish Finland" along with a map.
  Svenskfinland
  Other Swedish speaking areas
  Svenskfinland

Svenskfinland (literally "Swedish Finland") is the common name for the areas in Finland where the majority of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland live. The Finland-Swedish information and cultural centre Luckan upholds a website featuring information about Finland's Swedish speaking minority in English; Svenskfinland.fi

There are four traditional areas of Svenskfinland (Finnish names are given within brackets):

The area known as Svenskfinland is also known jokingly as Ankdammen (lit. "duck-pond").[1]

See also

References

  1. "Välkommen till Ankdammen". Språktidningen (in Swedish). 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-30.


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