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  • Source: Latvians in Sweden

    • Latvian Swedes are Swedish citizens of full or partial Latvian descent. In the 21st century, people of the Latvian diaspora without Swedish citizenship reside legally in Sweden as well. In 2020, there were 9,288 Latvian-born people living in Sweden. Parts of Latvia, Swedish Livonia, was a Swedish dominion in the 17th century.

    Around 6,000 Latvian nationals fled to Sweden following the World War II, a total of 3,418 officially registered in 1945.


    Notable people



    Janis Bubenko (born 1935), computer scientist
    Laila Freivalds (born 1942), politician
    Kārlis Princis (1893–1978), biologist
    Velta Rūķe-Draviņa (1917–2003), linguist and folklorist
    Lars Vilks (1946–2021), visual artist


    See also



    Latvia–Sweden relations
    Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers
    Swedish Livonia
    Latvian diaspora
    Immigration to Sweden
    Lithuanians in Sweden


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