Swedish people
"Swede" redirects here. This article is about the Swedish people as an ethnic group. For information about residents or nationals of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden. For swede, the vegetable, see rutabaga.New Swedes, or
Nysvenskar in Swedish, is a term used in Swedish society and currently fashionable in public debate, to denote 20th century
immigrants and their offspring, particularly those of southern-European and non-European descent. Critics of this usage do however object to it as an exaggerated
political correctness or alternatively as disguised
racism, pointing out that this usage ignores roughly a third of the immigrants who originate from Finland,
Denmark,
Norway,
Poland and
Germany.
In a school-yard context, in our day's Sweden,
Swedes do typically refer to ethnic Swedes contrasting to those pupils who identify themselves as
immigrants – or of immigrant heritage. Many second and third generation immigrants have experienced how being born in Sweden is not sufficient to escape
discrimination. A family name or physical looks that hint at low-status immigrant ancestry can be a critical disadvantage. Also
Finland-Swedish immigrants to Sweden have experienced how they first and foremost are perceived as
immigrants from Finland and not as
Swedes by both authorities, neighbours and colleagues.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Sweden was an international leader in what is now referred to as the "
sexual revolution," with
gender equality particularly promoted during this time.
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List of Swedes*
Lands of Sweden*
Swedish-Canadian*
Swedish American*
Finland Swedes*
In Search of Swedish Nature*
A Typical Swede (humorous article, with some gross stereotypes and inaccuracies, but also some truths)
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The Swedes Revealed*
The Global Etiquette Guide: Sweden
