Estonian Swedish
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Estonian Swedish are the eastern varieties of the Swedish language that were until the mid-20th century spoken in the Aiboland, the coastal areas and islands of western and northern Estonia which had
Estonian Swedes on Ruhnu, 1937
Estonian Swedes
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The Estonian Swedes are a Swedish-speaking minority traditionally residing in the coastal areas and islands of what is now western and northern Estonia. During World War II, almost all of the remainin
Estonian Swedish
…century spoken in the Aiboland, the coastal areas and islands of western and northern Estonia which had been inhabited since the Middle Ages by the Estonian Swedes. Until the evacuation of the Estonian Swedes near the end of World War II, both Swedish and Estonian were commonly spoken in the Aiboland coastal areas…
Swedish towns and villages in Western Estonia
Swedish church in Hullo, Vormsi
Maria Murman (1911–2004), an Estonian Swede who remained in Estonia after the Second World War, in Vormsi (Ormsö), 1994
Farmers of Noarootsi (Swedish: Nuckö) peninsula in 19th-century clothing