Latvian Swedes[a] are Swedish citizens of full or partial Latvian descent. In the 21st century, people of the Latvian diaspora without Swedish citizenship reside legally in Sweden as well. In 2020, there were 9,288 Latvian-born people living in Sweden.[1] Parts of Latvia, Swedish Livonia, was a Swedish dominion in the 17th century.[2]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 9,288 (by birth) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Stockholm, Gotland, Skåne, larger cities | |
| Languages | |
| Swedish, Latvian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Estonians in Sweden, Lithuanians in Sweden, Livonians |
Around 6,000 Latvian nationals fled to Sweden following the World War II,[2] a total of 3,418 officially registered in 1945.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,305 | — |
| 2001 | 2,349 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2,421 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 2,482 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 2,581 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 2,715 | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 2,954 | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 3,122 | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 3,344 | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 4,116 | +23.1% |
| 2010 | 4,686 | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 5,304 | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 5,775 | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 6,096 | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 6,527 | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 7,026 | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 7,569 | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 7,973 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 8,226 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 8,621 | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 8,798 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 9,288 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 10,323 | +11.1% |
| Latvian-born people living in Sweden, excluding Latvian nationals born in Sweden to Latvian-born parents. Source: Statistics Sweden | ||
Notable people
edit- 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
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Folkmängden efter födelseland, ålder och kön. År 2000 - 2020". Statistikdatabasen. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ a b "Lettland". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
- ^ Lulle, Aija (2022-03-07). "latvieši ārzemēs". enciklopedija.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
