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

According to Statistics Sweden, 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 C ...

, 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 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 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, and Polonia Center in Gothenburg.

Notable people

* Anna Anka * Dorotea Bromberg * Paula Bieler * 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 *

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 * 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 *

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 *

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 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 * Michael Winiarski (journalist in DN) * Peter Wolodarski * Michal Zajkowski * Maciej Zaremba *

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) * Katrin Zytomierska

References

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* Polish minorities

Demographics

Education

Organizations

Notable people

See also

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