John Piscopo wrote -
Dear
Hakan,
The Lapplanders may not be Indo-European
Germanic language people but
thy may very well precede the Geats, Goths,
Vendes et al and are just as much
Swedish in nationality as the rest of
their brethern. At former times there
were also Finnish inhabitants of
Swedish territories. Are any Finns left in
Sweden?
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Good point. The Laplanders (their
own name, Sami, is mostly used nowadays) shouldn't be forgotten. Any Finns left
in Sweden? Sure, but I think most of those who live here now came in a wave of
immigration in the sixties.
Hakan