# On state of Swedish in Finland This is an growing collection of articles that have caught my attention. - 2023-05-31: Lauttasaari.fi: [Pääkirjoitus: Rätt till flerspråkighet](https://www.lauttasaari.fi/paakirjoitus-ratt-till-flersprakighet/) - See also: [Lauttasaari.fi: Drumsö på svenska](https://www.lauttasaari.fi/drumso-pa-svenska/) - 2023-12-07 HS.fi paywalled: [Piilokamera | Alexander Karlman testasi, saako Helsingissä palvelua ruotsiksi – lopputulos sai suomenruotsalaisen yllättymään](https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/helsinki/art-2000009987867.html) - HS.fi put a Swedish speaking Finn to test whether one can get service _på Svenska i Finland_. Of 13 places six didn't speak Swedish at all, 4 had difficulties while handling the situation successfully, three spoke it very well. - On the same days YLE News had an article [Thursday's papers: Presidential reception, Swedish service, and dairy strike](https://yle.fi/a/74-20063809) which refers to the HS.fi article. - 2024-01-09 HBL.fi had an paywalled article [Folktinget om Mika Salminens uttalande i HBL: Kan inte acceptera det](https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/0c1e1a42-b5ac-5108-be1e-1c361f23f0db) which was again mentioned by YLE [Tuesday's papers: Soaring electricity prices, Swedish service and free sourdough](https://yle.fi/a/74-20068456).