Mandaeans in Sweden

Mandaeans in Sweden
mandéer i Sverige
Total population
10,000–20,000[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Stockholm, Malmö, Södertälje, and other cities
Languages
Swedish, Arabic, Persian, Mandaic
Related ethnic groups
Arabs in Sweden, Assyrians in Sweden, Swedish Iraqis, Kurds in Sweden, Swedish Iranians

Sweden is home to one of the largest communities of the Mandaean ethnoreligious group, numbering between 10,000-20,000 people (2019).[2][3] By comparison, there are now only about 3,000 Mandaeans in Iraq.[4] Several thousand Swedish Mandaeans were granted asylum status as refugees from persecution in Iraq and Syria.[5] Sweden is currently home to the largest Mandaean community in Europe.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sedrati 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Hanish, Shak (2019). The Mandaeans In Iraq. In Rowe, Paul S. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East. London and New York: Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 9781317233794.
  3. ^ "Från Jordanfloden till fristaden i Vällingby." Stockholmsfria.se. (Swedish) Retrieved 2018-07-20
  4. ^ Salloum, Saad (2019-08-29). "Iraqi Mandaeans fear extinction". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  5. ^ "Gnostic sunset: Strife in Syria and Iraq driving out Mandaeans, the last surviving followers of John the Baptist". National Post. Retrieved 2014-10-16.

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