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# On state of Swedish in Finland

This is an growing collection of articles that have caught my attention.

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- [2023](#2023)
- [2024](#2024)

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## 2023

- 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

- 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).
- 2024-01-22: YLE X3M Nyheter reviewed the Swedish skills of the presidential
  candidates and [YLE Uutiset wrote an article about it.](https://yle.fi/a/74-20069448)