Back قومية كفين Arabic قومية كفين ARZ Квены Byelorussian Kvenové Czech Kvenere Danish Kvenoj Esperanto Pueblo kven Spanish Kveenid Estonian Kven etnia Basque Kveenit Finnish
 | This article possibly contains original research. (April 2014) |
 Official flag (since 2017)[1] | |
| Total population | |
| 10,000–15,000 0.2% of the Norwegian population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Norway (Northern Norway, particularly Finnmark and Troms) | |
| Languages | |
| Kven, Finnish, Sami,[2] Norwegian | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheranism, including Laestadianism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Finns, Tornedalians, possible Sami |
Kvens (Kven: kvääni; Finnish: kveeni; Norwegian: kvener; Swedish: kväner; Northern Sami: kveanat) are a Balto-Finnic[3][4] ethnic minority in Norway. They are descended from Finnish peasants and fishermen who emigrated from the northern parts of Finland and Sweden to Northern Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1996, Kvens were granted minority status in Norway, and in 2005 the Kven language was recognized as a minority language in Norway.
- ^ [1] "Endelig et felles flagg for kvenene" (in Bokmål)
- ^ "Finnish, Kven". Ethnologue.
- ^ Hickey, Raymond (2010). The Handbook of Language Contact. John Wiley & Sons. p. 598. ISBN 9781405175807.
- ^ Sulkala, Helena; Mantila, Harri (2010). Planning a New Standard Language: Finnic Minority Languages Meet the New Millennium, Issue 1. Finnish Literature Society. ISBN 9789522222275.
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