Swedish empire was of obvious reasons not a homogenous rule, however the Swedish homeland was except parts of today’s Finland. Forty percent of all ethnic Swed

Swedish empire was of obvious reasons not a homogenous rule, however the Swedish homeland was except parts of today’s Finland. Forty percent of all ethnic Swedish males all share the same ancestor Ivar, who came from today’s northern Germany 3500 years ago. This tells us that Sweden didn’t have a lot of migration from the Bronze Age until modern era. The different minorities where in total numbers compared to ethnic Swedes not that many except the Finns, but after the separation with Finland in 1809 that number decreased significantly. In 1940 the numbers of individuals that was counted as Romani was about 8000, however many of the Romani arrived in the late 1900th century to Sweden. Meänkieli is basically a Finnish dialect, a consequence of the separation of Sweden & Finland in 1809. Many Yiddish speakers arrived to Sweden with the Second World War and the in the late sixties from Poland. In 1930 they where about 6000. In 1945 it is believed that about 10 000 spoke Sami. 0.7 percent of people living in Sweden year 1900 was born abroad.