Turks in Sweden
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Turks in Sweden or Swedish Turks (Swedish: Turkar i Sverige; Turkish: İsveç Türkleri) are people of ethnic Turkish origin living in Sweden. The majority of Swedish Turks descend from the Republic of Turkey; however there has also been significant Turkish migration waves from other post-Ottoman countries including ethnic Turkish communities which have come to Sweden from the Balkans (e.g. from Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Romania), the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.
Total population | |
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100,000 (2009 estimate by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs[1]) 150,000 (2018 estimate by the Swedish Consul General[2]) Plus a further 30,000 Bulgarian Turks (2002 estimate by Laczko et al[3]) Plus 5,000 Macedonian Turks (90% in Malmö)[4] Plus growing Iraqi Turkmen and Syrian Turkmen communities | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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Religion | |
Predominantly Sunni Islam Minority Alevism, Christianity, other religions, or irreligious | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Turks in Denmark, Turks in Finland, Turks in Norway |
In 2009 the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs estimated that there was 100,000 people in Sweden with a Turkish background, and a further 10,000 Swedish-Turks living in Turkey.[1] Many Turks in Sweden have double citizenship and 37,000 are registered voters in Turkey.[5]