Back Tornedalsfinner Danish Tornedalianos Spanish Meälased Estonian Tornetar Basque Länsipohjalaiset Finnish Tornédaliens French Tornedaliani Italian Fino-suecos do Vale de Torne Portuguese Торнедалци Serbian Tornedalingar Swedish
tornionlaaksolaiset (Meänkieli) | |
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.svg) Flag of the Torne Valley | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Sweden | 30,000–150,000 (est.)[1] |
| Languages | |
| Meänkieli and Swedish | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheranism (Laestadianism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kvens, Finns | |
Tornedalians (Meänkieli: tornionlaaksolaiset; Finnish: tornionjokilaaksolaiset; Swedish: tornedalingar) are a linguistic minority native to the Torne Valley (Meänmaa) region in northern Sweden and Finland.[2] Tornedalians are since year 2000 a recognized national minority in Sweden.[3] Tornedalians generally divide themselves into three distinct groups: Tornedalians, Kvens, and Lantalaiset.[2]
- ^ "Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Tornedalingar". Minoritet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Report submitted by Sweden pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (ACFC/SR/IV(2016)004)". Council of Europe: Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. 1 June 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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