Tags: Ethnic Group.

Assyrians in Sweden are people of residing in Sweden. Initially most came from Turkey Lebanon and Syria. During the 2000s an unprecedented immigration wave from Iraq reached Sweden as a result of the Iraq War (see Iraqis in Sweden).About 60% of the 120 000 Assyrians in Sweden belong to the Syrian Orthodox Church and the others belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church the Assyrian Church of the East the Syrian Catholic Church and the Ancient Church of the East.

language
Arabic language, Swedish language, Turkish language, Neo-Aramaic languages, Kurdish languages
population place
Gothenburg, Stockholm, Linköping, Örebro, Eskilstuna, Jönköping, Norrköping, Södertälje, Västerås
religion
Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church
total population
120000

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