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According to Statistics Finland, Swedish is the mother tongue of about 260,000 people in mainland Finland and of about 26,000 people in Åland, a self-governing archipelago off the west coast of Finland, where Swedish is the sole official language. Swedish-speakers comprise 5.2% of the total Finnish population [13] or about 4.9% without Åland.
93% of Finns aged 18–64 can speak a foreign language, and 78% can speak two or more. 2,184,000 or 66% can speak both Swedish and English, while 1,003,000 (30%) can speak German and English and 882,000 (27%) Swedish and German.
While the majority of the population have Finnish as their first language, around 286,000 people spoke Swedish as their first language, and 2,000 people were Sami-speaking.
Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. Approximately 87% of Finns speak Finnish as their native language. Approximately 5% of Finns speak Swedish as their native language. Swedish is spoken the most on Finland’s western and southern coast.
Apr 24, 2014 · New provisional figures from Statistics Finland show that residents whose first language is neither Finnish, Swedish nor Sámi now make up 5.4 percent of the population – while Swedish speakers make up 5.3 percent.
Today, the Swedish-speaking population stands at roughly 290,000 (2021), accounting for 5.2 per cent of the country’s population. The latest forecasts indicate that the number of Swedish-speakers will remain at this level for the next few decades. The Swedish language remains a vibrant force in Finnish society, culture and identity.
Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish [1] (Swedish: finlandssvenska; Finnish: suomenruotsi) is a variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of Swedish dialects spoken in Finland by the Swedish-speaking population, commonly also referred to as Finland Swedes, as their first language.
