Society: Sweden

Links to sites concerning demography, sociology, ethnic groups, women and gender studies, and human rights.

Ethnologue: Languages of Sweden (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=SE) (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Links to a language map and information on the living languages of Sweden and their populations.

Eurominority (http://www.eurominority.org)
Portal of European stateless nations and minorities. Search for a minority within alphabetical listing, within a state, by type of conflict or claims, European languages, and more. Also links to news, maps, and related resources. In multiple languages.

Finlandssvenskarnas riksförbund i Sverige (http://www.fris.nu)
The Organization for Swedish Finns in Sweden. In Swedish, with summaries in Finnish and English.

Government Offices of Sweden: National Minorities (http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2188/a/19444;jsessionid=aR-PcA6tPbGb)
Information on minority policy objectives and Sweden's national minorities (Jews, Roma, Sami, Swedish Finns and Tornedalers) as well as a fact sheet. The Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality is responsible for protecting and supporting national minorities and historical minority languages. In Swedish, some English.

Integrations- och Jämställdhetsdepartementet (http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/8324)
Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality. Responsible for consumer affairs, democracy issues, gender equality, human rights, integration issues, metropolitan affairs, minority issues, NGOs, and youth policy. Information on the various areas and their objectives, the minister, news, and more. In Swedish, some English.

Jewish Sweden (http://haruth.com/jw/JewsSweden.html)
Includes links to the Jewish Community of Sweden, Jewish heritage, Goteborg Synagogue, Jewish Museum of Stockholm, Virtual Jewish History Tour, and more. From Haruth Communications.

NIKK - Nordisk Institutt for Kvinne-og Kjønnsforskning (http://www.nikk.uio.no/index%5Fe.html)
Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research is an interdisciplinary forum on feminist issues and women's and men's studies within the Nordic countries. Coordinates information and provides access to news on research projects. Also provides links to news, gender research and statistics, and to bibliographic databases. Searchable. In Norwegian and English.

Nationella sekretariatet för genusforskning (http://www.genus.se)
The Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research is affiliated with Goteborg University. Provides information about the Secretariat, gender research, policy documents, news and events, publications, resources, and more. In Swedish and English.

Ruotsinsuomalaisten Keskusliitto (Sverigefinska Riksförbundet) (http://www.rskl.se)
National Association of Finns in Sweden. Provides the history of Finns in Sweden and describes their minority status. Addresses for permanent and deputy members and local county contacts are available. Primarily in Finnish and Swedish, with an English summary.

Sametinget (http://www.sametinget.se)
The Sami Parliament of Sweden conveys information on the Sami people, a unique minority within Sweden. On the Swedish and Sami-language Web pages, links are available to other Sami Web sites, for example, the Sami Library and the Sami Parliament sites of Finland and Norway, some of which have information in English. In Sami and Swedish; partially in English and Russian.

Siirtolaisuusinstuutti (http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/index_e.php)
The Institute of Migration, sponsored by the Finnish government and headquartered in Turku, Finland. Information about migration issues, including Finns in Sweden, as well as articles and statistics, links to publications and online databases, library, and more. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.

U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?%5Flang=en)
Provides information from the 2000 census, including a "Fact Sheet for a Race, Ethnic, or Ancestry Group" (click on Sweden).

U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006: Sweden (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78841.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

University of Virginia Library. Geostat Center: Collections. Historical Census Data Browser (http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/)
Provides information from the U.S. censuses taken each ten years from 1790 to 1960. For the censuses from 1870 to 1960 it includes the number of persons in the U.S. who reported that they were born outside the United States, but only from certain countries. Sweden is included from beginning in 1870. Examine multiple topics within a census year, produce tables of data by state or county; sort data by selected categories, create ratios between any two data categories and examine state and county topics over time.