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Finland Swedish

Finland Swedish noun: the Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland.

finland swedish: the Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland
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Noun

Finland Swedish (uncountable)

  1. the Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland

Adjective

Finland Swedish (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to native Swedish-speakers living in Finland
    • The Finland Swedish population is concentrated on the coasts.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Swedish spoken natively in Finland
    • There are many Finland Swedish dialects.

Origin of Finland Swedish

Calque of Swedish finlandssvenska.

Calque of Swedish finlandssvensk.

Questions about Finland Swedish

What does Finland Swedish mean?
Finland Swedish means the Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland.
What part of speech is Finland Swedish?
Finland Swedish can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near Finland Swedish in the dictionary

  1. Finkleys
  2. finks
  3. finks out
  4. Finland
  5. Finland Proper
  6. Finland Swedish
  7. Finlander
  8. Finlanders
  9. Finlandic
  10. Finlandisation
  11. Finlandish

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Finland Swedish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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