Poles in Sweden ( sv, Svenskpolacker) are citizens and residents of
Sweden 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 populou ...
.
Demographics
![Poland-foreignborn-sw](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Poland-foreignborn-sw.png)
According to
Statistics Sweden, as of 2016, there are a total 88,704
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 populou ...
-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 C ...
, as well as descendants of Polish
Jewish
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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
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
as their mother tongue who participated in the state-run
Swedish for Immigrants
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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, and Polonia Center in Gothenburg.
Notable people
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Anna Anka
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Dorotea Bromberg
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Paula Bieler
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Anitha Bondestam
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Paweł Cibicki
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Wonna I DeJong
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Peter Jablonski
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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 ...
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Peter Jewszczewski
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Katrine Marcal (born Kielos to Polish immigrant parents)
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Kissie (Alexandra Nilsson-Petroniak, her mother is a Polish immigrant)
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Oscar Lewicki
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Born in Malmö, Lewicki started off his career with Malmö FF before joining FC Bayern Munich's youth organi ...
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Henryk Lipp
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Stefan Liv
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Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk
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Bea Malecki
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Background
Malecki's parents ...
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Dominika Peczynski
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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
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Thomas Rusiak
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Jerzy Sarnecki
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Danny Saucedo
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*
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 ...
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Sebastian Siemiatkowski
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Czeslaw Slania
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Amanda Sokolnicki (political editor of
DN)
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Bea Szenfeld
*Robert Wahlström
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Cissi Wallin
Cecilia "Cissi" Wallin (born 12 March 1985 in Uddevalla to Polish parents) is a Swedish actress, television and radio personality.
She made her film debut in 2005 with the role as the character "Millan" in Ulf Malmros film '' Tjenare Kungen''. S ...
born in Sweden to Polish parents
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Michael Winiarski (journalist in
DN)
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Peter Wolodarski
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Michal Zajkowski
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Maciej Zaremba
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Małgorzata Pieczyńska
Małgorzata Pieczyńska (born 4 May 1960) is a Polish film and television actress.
Personal life
Pieczyńska was born in Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the ...
*Z.E. (born to Polish parents as Józef Wojciechowicz)
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Katrin Zytomierska
See also
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Poland–Sweden relations
Poland–Sweden relations are historical and bilateral relations between Poland and Sweden. Both countries are separated by the Baltic Sea and have had a very long historical contact. They have also survived several conflicts between the two coun ...
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Polish diaspora
The Polish diaspora comprises Poles and people of Polish heritage or origin who live outside Poland. The Polish diaspora is also known in modern Polish as ''Polonia'', the name for Poland in Latin and many Romance languages.
There are roughly 20, ...
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Immigration to Sweden
Immigration to Sweden is the process by which people migrate to Sweden to reside in the country.
Many, but not all, become Swedish citizens. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused some controversy regarding e ...
References
{{Portal bar, Poland, Sweden
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 C ...
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Polish minorities
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 C ...