Total population | |
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Approximately 100,000 [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Huddinge, Botkyrka, Västerås, Gothenburg, Örebro, Stockholm, Uppsala, Dalarna, Karlstad, Malmö, Borlänge, Falköping | |
Languages | |
Kurdish, Swedish (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian) | |
Religion | |
Majority Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kurdish diaspora |
Kurds in Sweden may refer to people born in or residing in the Sweden of Kurdish origin.
Most Kurdish people in Sweden live in the capital Stockholm or in Uppsala. [2] A majority of Kurdish political refugees choose Sweden as their host country and therefore they have a cultural presence in Sweden. [3]
In Sweden there are several MP of Kurdish descent such Amineh Kakabaveh, Gulan Avci, Lawen Redar, Sara Gille or Kadir Kasirga. [8] Kakabaveh was delivered the majority vote for that the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson would become Swedish Prime Minister in 2021. [9] As in May 2022 Sweden made an accession bid to join NATO, Turkey demanded that Sweden ends its alleged support for the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG) and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [10]
The 26-year-old Kurdish woman Fadime Şahindal was murdered by her father in an honour killing in 2002. [11] [12] Kurdish organizations were criticized by prime minister Göran Persson for not doing enough to prevent honour killings. [11] Pela Atroshi was a Kurdish girl who was shot by her uncle in a brutal honour killing. [13] The murder of Pela and Fadime gave rise to the formation of the human rights organization Never Forget Pela and Fadime (GAPF). GAPF is a politically and religiously independent and secular nonprofit organization working against honor-related violence and oppression. The organization's name is taken from Pela Atroshi and Fadime Sahindal which is Sweden's best-known and high-profile cases of honor killings. [14] The honor killing of Sara, an Iraqi Kurdish girl, was the first publicized honor killing in Sweden. [15] These three prominent cases of Sara, Pela and Fadime, brought the notion of honour killings into Swedish discourse. [11]
Total population | |
---|---|
Approximately 100,000 [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Huddinge, Botkyrka, Västerås, Gothenburg, Örebro, Stockholm, Uppsala, Dalarna, Karlstad, Malmö, Borlänge, Falköping | |
Languages | |
Kurdish, Swedish (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian) | |
Religion | |
Majority Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kurdish diaspora |
Kurds in Sweden may refer to people born in or residing in the Sweden of Kurdish origin.
Most Kurdish people in Sweden live in the capital Stockholm or in Uppsala. [2] A majority of Kurdish political refugees choose Sweden as their host country and therefore they have a cultural presence in Sweden. [3]
In Sweden there are several MP of Kurdish descent such Amineh Kakabaveh, Gulan Avci, Lawen Redar, Sara Gille or Kadir Kasirga. [8] Kakabaveh was delivered the majority vote for that the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson would become Swedish Prime Minister in 2021. [9] As in May 2022 Sweden made an accession bid to join NATO, Turkey demanded that Sweden ends its alleged support for the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG) and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [10]
The 26-year-old Kurdish woman Fadime Şahindal was murdered by her father in an honour killing in 2002. [11] [12] Kurdish organizations were criticized by prime minister Göran Persson for not doing enough to prevent honour killings. [11] Pela Atroshi was a Kurdish girl who was shot by her uncle in a brutal honour killing. [13] The murder of Pela and Fadime gave rise to the formation of the human rights organization Never Forget Pela and Fadime (GAPF). GAPF is a politically and religiously independent and secular nonprofit organization working against honor-related violence and oppression. The organization's name is taken from Pela Atroshi and Fadime Sahindal which is Sweden's best-known and high-profile cases of honor killings. [14] The honor killing of Sara, an Iraqi Kurdish girl, was the first publicized honor killing in Sweden. [15] These three prominent cases of Sara, Pela and Fadime, brought the notion of honour killings into Swedish discourse. [11]