Poles in Sweden ( sv, Svenskpolacker) are citizens and residents of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

who emigrated from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Demographics

According to

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, as of 2016, there are a total 88,704

-born immigrants living in Sweden. They include both native

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

, as well as descendants of Polish

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immigrants from Poland.

Education

In 2010, there were 4,186 students with

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

as their mother tongue who participated in the state-run

Swedish for Immigrants Swedish for immigrants (normally known as SFI or ''Svenskundervisning för invandrare'' in Swedish) is the national free Swedish language course offered to most categories of immigrants. Immigrants who speak Danish or Norwegian are ineligible for ...

adult language program. Of these pupils, 251 had 0–6 years of education in their home country (''Antal utbildningsår i hemlandet''), 241 had 7–9 years of education in their home country, and 3,694 had 10 years education or more in their home country. As of 2012, 5,100 pupils with Polish as their mother tongue and 5,079 Poland-born students were enrolled in the language program.

Organizations

There are several Polish organizations in Sweden, incl. the

Polish Institute The Polish Institutes is a network of establishments reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Poland. there are 25 of them. Their mission id described as "creating a positive image of Poland abroad" by promoting Polish culture, history, scien ...

in Stockholm, the Polish Cultural Association in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

, and Polonia Center in Gothenburg.

Notable people

Anna Anka Anna Anka (''née'' Danuta Anna Kołodziejska, previously Åberg; born 1971), is a Swedish and American model, actress, and author. She was married to Canadian singer Paul Anka. Anka is featured in the Swedish reality show (). Career Anka ma ...

* Dorotea Bromberg *

Paula Bieler Paula Bieler (born 31 March 1988) is a Swedish former politician for the Sweden Democrats party. She became a member of the party in 2009. In November 2013 Bieler became an elected member of Sweden Democrats party council. In the 2014 Swedish gen ...

* Anitha Bondestam * Paweł Cibicki * Wonna I DeJong *

Jerzy Einhorn Jerzy Einhorn (26 July 1925 in Częstochowa, Poland – 28 April 2000 in Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Polish-born Swedish medical doctor, researcher and politician ( Kristdemokrat). His Hebrew name was Chil Josef, after his paternal grand ...

Greekazo Alexander Cielma Miliarakis (born 30 March 2001), known professionally as Greekazo, is a Swedish rapper. Greekazo grew up in Hässelby in Stockholm and was born to parents of Polish and Greek background. Greekazo started his career on 31 July 2 ...

Peter Jablonski Peter Jablonski (born 1971) is a Swedish concert pianist. Biography Peter Jablonski was born in Lyckeby, Sweden to a Swedish mother and Polish father. He studied percussion and piano at Malmö Conservatory from 1982 to 1986. He performed as a dr ...

Catherine Jagiellon Catherine Jagiellon ( pl, Katarzyna Jagiellonka; sv, Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: ''Kotryna Jogailatė''; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish princess and Queen of Sweden as the first wife of King John III. As such, she ...

* Peter Jewszczewski * Katrine Marcal (born Kielos to Polish immigrant parents) * Kissie (Alexandra Nilsson-Petroniak, her mother is a Polish immigrant) *

Oscar Lewicki Carl Oscar Johan Lewicki (, ; born 14 July 1992) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Allsvenskan club Malmö FF. Born in Malmö, Lewicki started off his career with Malmö FF before joining FC Bayern Munich's youth organi ...

Henryk Lipp Henryk Lipp is a well-known Polish-born Swedish musician, songwriter and music producer from Gothenburg, Sweden. Beginnings He started his musical career in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Swedish band Extra alongside Anne-Lie Rydé, a ...

* Stefan Liv * Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk *

Bea Malecki Bea Malecki (born August 23, 1991) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. A professional since 2017, she is most notable for her time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Malecki's parents ...

Dominika Peczynski Dominika Peczynski (born 20 September 1970) is a Polish-Swedish singer, model and television host. Army of Lovers She joined the Swedish pop music group Army of Lovers in 1992, making her debut with the group with "Hasta Mañana", a cover of ...

Martin Rolinski Martin Andrzej Rolinski (born June 23, 1982) is a Swedish singer of Polish origin and was the lead singer of the Swedish synthpop band Bodies Without Organs (now known as BWO). ''Popstars'' Rolinski started his music career in 2002 when he mad ...

* Eliza Roszkowska Öberg *

Thomas Rusiak Thomas Rusiak (; born Erik Thomas Sihlberg 8 November 1976) is a Swedish rapper, hip hop producer, musician and singer. Rusiak's father was the rather prominent Polish jazz saxophonist, Alfred Banasiak. Rusiak was initially a member of the Stockh ...

Jerzy Sarnecki Jerzy Sarnecki (; born 7 July 1947) is a Swedish and Polish professor in criminology at Stockholm University in Sweden. Sarnecki was born in 1947 in Warsaw, Poland. His family is Jewish. During the 1968 Polish political crisis, his father was fire ...

Danny Saucedo Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski (born 25 February 1986), known professionally as Danny Saucedo or simply Danny, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as one of the finalists in ''Idol 2006'', the Swedish version of '' ...

Izabella Scorupco Izabella Scorupco (born Izabela Dorota Skorupko; 4 June 1970) is a Polish-born Swedish actress, singer and model. She is best known for having played Bond girl Natalya Simonova in the 1995 James Bond film ''GoldenEye''. She is also known for her ...

* Sebastian Siemiatkowski * Czeslaw Slania * Amanda Sokolnicki (political editor of DN) * Bea Szenfeld *Robert Wahlström *

Cissi Wallin Cecilia "Cissi" Wallin (born 12 March 1985 in Uddevalla to Polish parents) is a Swedish People, Swedish actress, television and radio personality. She made her film debut in 2005 with the role as the character "Millan" in Ulf Malmros film ''Tjen ...

born in Sweden to Polish parents * Michael Winiarski (journalist in DN) *

Peter Wolodarski Peter Wolodarski (born 15 April 1978) is a Swedish journalist and television host. He has been the editor of the Stockholm-based ''Dagens Nyheter'' since 10 March 2013. Early life Wolodarski was born in Stockholm. His father, architect and town ...

Michal Zajkowski Michal Adrian Zajkowski (born 11 July 1983) is an ice hockey Goaltender who is currently a free agent. He last played for Örnsköldsviks HF in the Hockeyettan. He was born in Łódź, Poland, and moved to Sweden Sweden, formally the Ki ...

Maciej Zaremba Maciej Zaremba Bielawski (born 12 March 1951) is a Swedish journalist and author. Zaremba was born in Poznań, Poland, son to Oskar Bielawski and Elżbieta Immerdauer. In 1969 he emigrated to Sweden with his mother and two younger brothers due ...

Małgorzata Pieczyńska Małgorzata Pieczyńska (born 4 May 1960) is a Polish film and television actress. Personal life Pieczyńska was born in Warsaw. Her first husband was a fellow actor Andrzej Pieczyński Andrzej Pieczyński (born 17 December 1956) is a Pol ...

*Z.E. (born to Polish parents as Józef Wojciechowicz) *

Katrin Zytomierska Katrin Zytomierska (born 17 September 1977) is a Swedish blogger, columnist, television host, and businesswoman. She was born to a Polish-Catholic mother and a Polish-Jewish father. She is the founder and president of KZ Clean Eating and the pub ...

References

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Demographics

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See also

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