There are 22,774 people born in

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who currently live in Sweden. Russian immigrant women in Sweden were the most highly educated immigrants in Sweden as of 2009. The

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in Sweden have parishes in the cities of

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 ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

Västerås Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049. Västerås ...

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants ...

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

and

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...

, where many Russian first and second generation immigrants live. Most of them arrived in Sweden in the 1920s after the

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. A second, smaller wave came after

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. An increasing number of Russians and others from the former Soviet Union have moved to Sweden since the 1990s, with more than 900 per year receiving Swedish citizenship since 2011. A majority of Russians in Sweden are Russian women who have married Swedish men. In the Swedish news media, a Russian-Swedish perspective is sometimes given by Lioudmila Siegel, who is the chairperson of the Russian National Association ( sv, Ryska riksförbundet). During the Russian presidential election in 2012, she identified herself as a supporter of President

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and she rejected accusations of election fraud. The Russian National Association has close connections to the Russian embassy in

, and regularly arranges events together with it. It organised an exhibition about Russian women in Sweden called "''The Russian Bride – An Ordinary Woman''", which examined

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s. The Russian National Association was founded on 18 October 2003. In 2008 the National Association consisted of 20 local associations. In 2009 it joined SIOS, the Cooperation Group for Ethnic Associations in Sweden.

Notable Russian Swedes

Adelaide von Skilondz Adelaide Andrejewa von Skilondz (also Andrejewa de Skilondz; – 5 April 1969) was a Russians, Russian operatic coloratura soprano. She was born in Saint Petersburg, where she studied singing and began her career in 1904. In 1909 she sang th ...

, Russian-Swedish opera singer *

Alibek Aliev Alibek Aliyevich Aliev (russian: Алибек Алиевич Алиев; born 16 August 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish club FC Trollhättan. Born in Russia, Aliev represents Sweden internationally. Early li ...

, Russian-Swedish footballer. *

Khamzat Chimaev Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev ( ce, Хизаран Хамзат; russian: Хамзат Хизарович Чимаев; born 1 May 1994), is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler who competes in the Welterweight divi ...

, Chechen-born Swedish freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist *

Alexandra Dahlström Lena Marina Alexandra Dahlström (born 12 February 1984) is a Swedish actress and film director. Career Dahlström gained international attention in 1998, after starring as "Elin" in the film '' Show Me Love''. For this, she won the Guldbagge ...

, Swedish actress. * Anna Riwkin-Brick, Swedish photographer. *

Alexander Jeremejeff Alexander Thomas Jeremejeff (russian: Александр Еремеев; born 12 October 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Levadiakos, on loan from Panathinaikos. He has previously play ...

, Swedish footballer. * Christian Rubio Sivodedov, Swedish footballer. *

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 ...

, Polish-Swedish singer, model and television host born to a Polish father and a

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mother. *

Emanuel Nobel Emanuel Ludvig Nobel ( , ; Saint Petersburg, 1859 – Stockholm, 31 May 1932) was a Swedish oil baron, the eldest son of Ludvig Nobel and his first wife, Mina Ahlsell, grandson of Immanuel Nobel and nephew of Alfred Nobel. Businessman After ...

, Russian-born Swedish businessman. *

Evgeny Agrest Evgeny Agrest (born 15 August 1966 in Vitebsk) is a Soviet-born Swedish chess grandmaster (1997). In 1994, he graduated with a degree in Economics and in the same year emigrated to Sweden. He is four-time Swedish champion (1998, 2001, 2003, and ...

, Soviet-born Swedish

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grandmaster. *

Eugen Semitjov Eugen Semitjov (22 May 1923 - 12 June 1987) was a Swedish journalist, writer and artist of Russian descent, born in Sweden. Background Semitjov started drawing in 1942 during his military service in Sweden. He was an expert on spacecraft, espec ...

, Swedish journalist, author, and artist. *

Pyotr Gitselov Pyotr Aleksandrovich Gitselov (russian: Пётр Александрович Гицелов; born 18 July 1983) is a Russian-Swedish football manager and a former player. He manages Bodens BK. Career Club During the summer of 2008, Gitselov join ...

, football manager *

Hjalmar Mehr Hjalmar Leo Mehr (November 19, 1910 – December 26, 1979) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, mayor of Stockholm (1958–1966, 1970–1971) and governor of Stockholm County (1971–1977). He promoted many radical socialist welfare st ...

, Mayor of Stockholm between 1958 and 1966 and 1970 to 1971. *

Israel Shamir Israel Shamir (Russian: Исраэль Шамир, ; born 1947 or 1948), also known by the names Robert David, Vassili Krasevsky, Jöran Jermas and Adam Ermash, is a Swedish writer and journalist, known for promoting antisemitism The book was rep ...

, Soviet-born Swedish controversial writer and journalist. * Johannes Wahlström, Swedish writer and filmmaker, son of

. * :sv:Keyyo, Swedish video-bloggers. * Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff, Russian-born Swedish physician and philanthropist. * Michael Tendler, Russian-Swedish Physicist. *

Michael Nobel Michael Nobel ( , ; born 1940) is a Swedish entrepreneur of Russian origin. He is a member of the Nobel family, a descendant of Ludvig Nobel, a former chairman of the Nobel Family Society (1995–2006), a co-founder and chairman of the Nobel ...

, Swedish entrepreneur. * Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Russian-Swedish geologist. *

Nicolai Gedda Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda, known professionally as Nicolai Gedda (11 July 1925 – 8 January 2017), was a Swedish operatic tenor. Debuting in 1951, Gedda had a long and successful career in opera until the age of 77 in June 2003, when he made h ...

, Swedish operatic tenor. * the

Pereswetoff-Morath Pereswetoff-Morath (; russian: Пересветов-Мурат or just ) is a Swedish nobility, Swedish noble family of Russian origin, one of the so-called ''russian bayors, bayor'' families. Varyingly traced to the Beatification, Blessed Alexande ...

, family. * Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician * Sophie Tolstoy, Swedish actress. * Viktoria Tolstoy, Swedish jazz singer. *

Vladimir Mazya Vladimir Gilelevich Maz'ya (russian: Владимир Гилелевич Мазья; born 31 December 1937)See .See , , and . (the family name is sometimes transliterated as Mazya, Maz'ja or Mazja) is a Russian-born Swedish mathematician, haile ...

, Russian-born Swedish mathematician.

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Information about the Russian community of Sweden

The Russian community of Sweden official site
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Notable Russian Swedes

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