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When in Rome, do as the Romans...?3 comments

Jonas wrote 2 weeks ago: I recently discovered an interesting blog called ‘Migrant Tales‘. The author of whi … more »

Tags: Immigration, National Coalition Party, Svenskfinland, Esbo, Espoo, Finlandssvensk, Finnish, Immigrants, Inga

OULU and the things I'd like to do in Finland2 comments

mattyjc wrote 3 weeks ago: So I found this really spiffy cool blog. It’s called Oulu Daily Photo, and you can check it ou … more »

Tags: exchange, knitting, Finland, Lappland, Finnish Language, Skiing, Provinssirock, oulu, Rovaniemi

I Really Don't Think I Can Contain My Excitement!2 comments

mattyjc wrote 4 weeks ago: So I was looking at the Rotary Youth Exchange Program page for Finland, and we get to go on this MAS … more »

Tags: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, switzerland, Austria, Italy, France, Belgium

Swedish-speaking Finns more bilingual than ever before5 comments

Jonas wrote 1 month ago: Swedish-speaking Finns are becoming all the more bilingual. That’s according to the latest tr … more »

Tags: Svenskfinland, Finland, Finlandssvensk, finlandssvenskar, finlandssvenskarna, Kjell Herberts, language, Minorities, Politics

Swedish tv news again forced to cut programmes19 comments

Jonas wrote 1 month ago: The Swedish-language department of Finland’s public service broadcaster, Yle, is again being … more »

Tags: Svenskfinland, Finland, media, Yleisradio, YLE, Rundradion, Svenska Yle, TV-Nytt, Finlands Svenska Television

Folktinget reports Finance Ministry to the parliamentary ombudsman1 comment

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: The Swedish Assembly of Finland, Folktinget, has officially reported the Finance Ministry to the Pa … more »

Tags: Svenskfinland, Finland, language, Finlandssvensk, Folktinget, Åboland, Raseborg, Ulla-Maj Wideroos

Court reform worries staff and municipalities3 comments

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: The planned court reform which threatens the independence of small courts worries both their person … more »

Tags: Svenskfinland, Finland, Justice, Pargas, Åboland, Court Reform

Beware of the maternity box: A weapon of language propaganda!

Jonas wrote 2 months ago: New mothers in Finland are given the option of receiving a ‘maternity box’ by the Natio … more »

Tags: Finland, Language Politics, maternity box, Bilingualism, Keskipohjanmaa

Nordic Youth Council to allow English in meetings6 comments

Jonas wrote 3 months ago: The Nordic Youth Council (UNR), the youth political organisation of the Nordic Council, has decided … more »

Tags: Nordic countries, language, Norden, Nordic Council, Ungdomens Nordiska Råd, UNR, Scandinavia, Scandinavian languages

Survey: Swedish-speaking Finns feel pressed8 comments

Jonas wrote 3 months ago: Nearly 4 out of 10 Swedish-speaking Finns believe that an organised resistance exists towards Swedis … more »

Tags: Svenskfinland, SFP, Finland, Swedish, finlandssvenskar, Finlandssvensk, Minorities, Swedish-speaking Finns, Finland-Swedes

New book chronicles Finland's Swedish past

Jonas wrote 3 months ago: The first of a planned series of four books on Finland’s history during the Swedish times has … more »

Tags: Svenskfinland, Finland, Swedish, Sweden, finns, Swedes, Österland, Österlanden, Finnish

Centre party member: "Sfp threatened to leave the government if no Swedish court district was promised"1 comment

Jonas wrote 4 months ago: The controversial outspoken Swedish-speaking Centre party district chairman Peter Albäck has decla … more »

Tags: Centre Party, Politics, SFP, Svenskfinland, Finland, Courts, Centre, Albäck, Keskusta

Association of Gymnasium Students wants to raise Swedish's status2 comments

Jonas wrote 4 months ago: The Gymnasium Student’s Association of Finland (SLL) wants an increase in the number of Finnis … more »

Tags: Svenskfinland, Exam, Finland, Gymnasium, language, School, Swedish

Shake-up of court districts better than expected2 comments

Jonas wrote 4 months ago: The Minister of Justice, Tuija Brax (a member of the Green party), announced her proposal for the r … more »

Tags: Politics, Green Party, Svenskfinland, Courts, Tuija Brax, Justice

15% fewer Finnish-speaking students choose Swedish2 comments

Jonas wrote 5 months ago: Finland has two official languages; Finnish and Swedish. It is compulsory for all school students to … more »

Tags: Exams, Finland, language, School, Swedish

Swedex

tatsou wrote 9 months ago: It is really nice to see that some countries of European Union (EU) are trying to expand the bountie … more »

Tags: european union, EU, Sweden, Swedish, SWEDEX, Folkuniversitetet, Poland, Germany

The divine invasion1 comment

spaceinvandrare wrote 1 year ago: Peter, of earthquakecove.blogspot.com, comments that invandrare is “a great unreflexive word f … more »


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