Svenskfinland

Envelope stampissued by the Swedish People's party in 1922 featuring theflag of "Swedish Finland"along with a map.

Svenskfinland

Other Swedish speaking areas

Svenskfinland

Svenskfinland(literally "Swedish Finland" ) is the common name for the areas inFinlandwhere the majority of theSwedish-speaking population of Finlandlive. The Finland-Swedish information and cultural centreLuckanupholds 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):

• Nyland (Uusimaa),northern coast of theGulf of Finland,fromHangö (Hanko)toPyttis (Pyhtää),including the capitalHelsingfors (Helsinki);
• Åboland,Åbo (Turku)and archipelago to the southwest from Åbo;
• SvenskaÖsterbotten (Pohjanmaa),eastern coast of theGulf of BothniafromSideby (Siipyy)toKarleby (Kokkola);
• Åland (Ahvenanmaa)

The area known as Svenskfinland is also known jokingly asAnkdammen(lit. "duck-pond" ).

See also

• Swedish population of Finland
• Finland Swedish