Tornedalians

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Tornedalians are a Finnish-speaking minority group native to the Torne Valley region of northern Sweden, known for their distinct Meänkieli language and cross-border cultural heritage with Finland.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tornedalians canonical 8
Tornedalian 1
Tornedalian people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
national minority in Sweden
abbreviationOfOrganization STR-T
associatedCuisine Tornedalian food traditions
borderRiver Torne River NERFINISHED
country Sweden
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
crossBorderHeritageWith Finland
culturalHeritage Meänkieli literature
Meänkieli music
Tornedalian folk traditions
cross-border family ties with Finland
culturalOrganization Svenska Tornedalingars Riksförbund
culturalPractice bilingualism in Swedish and Meänkieli
culturalRegion Tornio River Valley
linked to: Tornio River basin
ethnicOrigin Finnish
ethnonymLanguage Swedish
historicalEventAffectingGroup division of the Torne Valley between Sweden and Russia-Finland in 1809
historicalLanguagePolicyExperience Swedification
historicalRegion Norrbotten
linked to: Norrbotten County
language Finnish
Meänkieli
legalProtection Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
minorityLanguageArea Norrbotten County
minorityStatusRecognizedInYear 2000
nativeTo Torne Valley
northern Sweden
populationConcentration Haparanda Municipality
Kiruna Municipality
Pajala Municipality
Övertorneå Municipality
recognizedAsMinorityBy Government of Sweden
linked to: Swedish government
recognizedMinorityLanguage Meänkieli
region Lapland (Swedish Lapland)
linked to: Lapland, Sweden
relatedEthnicGroup Finns
Kvens
linked to: Kven

Meänkieli speakers
religion Lutheranism
selfDesignation tornedalingar
selfDesignationLanguage Meänkieli
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
fishing
forestry
reindeer herding
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kven people relatedEthnicGroup Tornedalians
Meänkieli traditionallySpokenBy Tornedalian people
linked to: Tornedalians
Meänkieli hasSpeakerCommunity Tornedalians
Mikael Niemi ethnicGroup Tornedalian
linked to: Tornedalians
Norrbotten County ethnicGroup Tornedalians
Tornedalen ethnicGroup Tornedalians
Torne Valley Finnish spokenBy Tornedalians
Torne Valley Finnish ethnicGroup Tornedalians
Meän kieli ethnicGroup Tornedalians