Scandinavian diaspora

The Scandinavian diaspora may refer to

## Old diaspora[edit]

### Viking and Old Norse[edit]

Scandinavian explorations, conquests, emigrations, and pioneering settlements during the Viking expansion[1] Scrutinising the Viking Age through the lens of settlement offers a distinct perspective, highlighting their cultural profile distinct from their predatory reputation.[2]

## Modern diaspora[edit]

The term "Scandinavian diaspora" is also used to describe more recent emigrations and emigrants originating in one or more of the countries of Scandinavia.[3][4][5]

### Swedish diaspora[edit]

Main article: Swedish diaspora

Swedish diaspora communities include:

* Swedish Americans
* Swedish Argentines
* Swedish Australians
* Swedish Canadians
* Swedish Costa Ricans
* Ural Swedes (Russia)
* Gammalsvenskby (Ukraine)

### Finnish diaspora[edit]

Main article: Finnish diaspora

People emigrated to the United States, Canada, Ghana, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Brazil and Argentina.[6][7] They have also started Utopian communities in places including Australia, Brazil, Paraguay, France, Cuba, and Sierra Leone.

Finnish diaspora communities include:

* Finnish Americans
* Finnish Argentine
* Finnish Australians
* Finnish Canadians
* Forest Finns (Norway & Sweden)
* Kven people (Norway)
* Ingrian Finns (Russia)
* Sweden Finns
* Tornedalians (Sweden)
* Finns in Switzerland

### Danish diaspora[edit]

Main articles: Danes § diaspora, and Greenlandic Inuit

Danish diaspora communities include:

* Danish Americans
* Greenlandic Americans
* Faroese Americans
* Danish Argentine
* Danish Australians
* Danish Canadians
* Danish minority of Southern Schleswig (Germany)
* Danish people in Greenland
* Danish New Zealanders
* Danes in Sweden [sv]

### Icelandic diaspora[edit]

Main article: Icelandic diaspora

Icelandic diaspora communities include:

* Icelandic Americans
* Icelandic Australians
* Icelandic Canadians
* Icelanders in Sweden [sv]

### Norwegian diaspora[edit]

Main article: Norwegian diaspora

Norwegian diaspora communities include:

* Norwegian Americans
* Norwegian Australians
* Norwegian Canadians
* Norwegians in Finland
* Norwegian New Zealanders
* Kola Norwegians (Russia)
* Norwegian South Africans
* Norwegian diaspora in Denmark
* Norwegian diaspora in Sweden

The first modern Norwegian settlement in the United States was Norwegian Ridge, in what is now Spring Grove, Minnesota.[8]

## See also[edit]

* Scandinavian Americans
* Scandinavian Australians
* Scandinavian migration to Britain
* Scandinavian Brazilians
* Scandinavian Canadians
* Early Scandinavian Dublin
* Scandinavian Mexicans
* Scandinavian New Zealanders
* Scandinavian Venezuelan

## References[edit]

1. ^ Peter Heather (4 March 2010). Empires and barbarians: the fall of Rome and the birth of Europe. Oxford University Press US. p. 497\. ISBN 978-0-19-973560-0. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
2. ^ Abrams,L. (2012) "Diaspora and Identity in the Viking Age", Early Medieval Europe,vol.20(1), pp.17.38
3. ^ Hammill, Faye. "Martha Ostenso, Literary History, and the Scandinavian Diaspora". #196 (Spring 2008) Diasporic Women's Writing. Canadian Literature. Retrieved 30 March 2011. "...the Scandinavian diaspora disrupts nationalist literary histories by crossing political and cultural boundaries between America and Canada."
4. ^ Campbell, James T. (31 August 2009). Race, Nation, and Empire in American History. p. 91\. ISBN 978-0-8078-5828-8. "My story begins with a fragment in the history of the Scandinavian diaspora. About 1886, a young woman named Marie Hansen left Denmark, displaced by the after-effects of the Dano-Prussian War, and settled in Chicago."
5. ^ Lien, Marianne E; Marit Melhuus. Holding worlds together: ethnographies of knowing and belonging. p. 13\. ISBN 1-84545-250-X. "Lund's Scandinavian diaspora informants from the USA (Chapter 4) re-embed themselves through recounting their genealogies."
6. ^ Michael G. Karni (1981). Finnish Diaspora: United States. Multicultural History Society of Ontario.
7. ^ Michael G. Karni (1981). Finnish Diaspora: Canada, South America, Africa, Australia and Sweden. Multicultural History Society of Ontario.
8. ^ Chad Muller (2002). Spring Grove: Minnesota's first Norwegian settlement. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-1949-9. "Spring Grove: Minnesota's First Norwegian Settlement is a tribute to the state's earliest Norwegian emigrants, and to generations of Norwegian Americans who have made this small farming community amongst deep valleys, fjord-like bluffs, and ..."

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Danes abroad and their descendants

Americas|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Greenland
* Mexico
* United States
* Venezuela

Europe|

* Germany
* Ireland
* United Kingdom

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Organizations|

* Danes Worldwide
* Danish Cultural Institute

See also: Scandinavian diaspora and Danes

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Finns abroad and their descendants

Americas|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* United States
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Europe|

* Norway
* Forest Finns, Kvens
* Russia
* Ingrians
* Äyrämöiset, Savakot, Siberian Finns
* Sweden
* Forest Finns, Tornedalians
* Switzerland

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Categories|

* Emigrants
* Expatriates
* People of Finnish descent
* Refugees

Related|

* Estonian people
* Izhorians
* Karelians
* Sámi people
* Vepsians
* Votes
* Magyars (Hungarians)

See also: Finns and Scandinavian diaspora

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Greenlanders abroad and their descendants

Americas|

* Canada
* United States

Europe|

* Denmark

Asia & Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

See also: Inuit diaspora and Greenlanders

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Icelanders abroad and their descendants

Americas|

* Brazil
* Canada
* United States
* Venezuela

Europe|

* United Kingdom
* Sweden [sv]

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

See also: Scandinavian diaspora and Icelanders

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Norwegians abroad and their descendants

Europe|

* Denmark
* Finland
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Russia
* Sweden
* United Kingdom

Africa|

* South Africa

Americas|

* Brazil
* Canada
* Mexico
* United States
* Minnesota
* Dakota
* Venezuela

Asia & Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

See also: Scandinavian diaspora and Norwegians

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Swedes abroad and their descendants

Europe|

* Estonia
* Finland
* Russia
* Varangians
* Ukraine
* dialect
* United Kingdom

Americas|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Costa Rica
* Mexico
* United States
* Venezuela

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

See also: Scandinavian diaspora and Swedes
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