Kurds in Sweden
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Kurds in Sweden may refer to people born in or residing in the Sweden of Kurdish origin.
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Total population | |
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Approximately 100,000 [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Huddinge, Botkyrka, Västerås, Gothenburg, Örebro, Stockholm, Uppsala, Dalarna, Karlstad, Malmö, Borlänge, Falköping | |
Languages | |
Kurdish, Swedish (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian) | |
Religion | |
Majority Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kurdish diaspora |
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Most Kurdish people in Sweden live in the capital Stockholm or in Uppsala.[2] A majority of Kurdish political refugees choose Sweden as their host country and therefore they have a cultural presence in Sweden.[3]