What future challenges do the Finnish in Sweden and the Swedish in Finland have?

Finnish is one of Sweden’s five national minority languages ​​and Swedish is one of Finland’s two official languages. Both languages ​​have a long history on each side of the Baltic Sea. But what does the future of languages ​​look like?

Taina Saarinen is a researcher in language policy. In the video you will hear how she views the future of Swedish and Finnish in Finland and Sweden.

15 minutes from Uutiset– episode on the subject can be found on SVT Play.

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