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Swedes

ethnic group in Northern Europe
Intangible ethnic_group Q165192
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Summary

Swedes is an ethnic group[1]. Swedes ranks in the top 7% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,712 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Sweden[3], Finland[4]
  • Native language: Swedish[5]
  • Religion or worldview: Lutheranism[6]
  • Subclass of: Scandinavians[7], European people[8], Western Europeans[9]
  • Commons category: People of Sweden[10]
  • Said to be the same as: Swedes[11]
  • Country of origin: Sweden[12]
  • Has part(s): Swedes in the United Arab Emirates[13]
  • Topic's main category: Q10174547[14]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[16], Meyer’s Universum, Sechster Band[17]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Swedish[18]
  • Native label: svenskar[19]
  • Different from: Swedes[20], Finland Swedes[21]

Why It Matters

Swedes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Swedes is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Anders Zorn Basshunter Carl Larsson Claes Oldenburg Olaus Magnus Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM257830
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM257830, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → swedes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: swedes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961020|swedes (#289961020)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 15w ago · Cogitato · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Sweden, Finland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country of citizenship: Finland"
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