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There is estimated to be approximately 42,500Romani people in Sweden (Swedish:Romer i Sverige) (0.46% of the Swedish population).[2]Romani people are one of the oldest ethnic minority groups in the country. They mainly live inMalmö,Stockholm andGothenburg.[1]
There around 25,000 Romani in Sweden who descend from a wave of Romani migration to Sweden in the early 16th century. The rest of the Romani population consists of Romani migrants or Romani people who have descended from migrations that occurred since the early 20th century. Romani people are one of five recognized minorities in Sweden. TheRomani language is also officially recognised as a minority language in Sweden. Despite this recognition in Sweden, the Roma remain one of the most marginalized communities in the country.[3] Romani people have been discriminated in Sweden since at least the 20th century.[4]
The first evidence of Romani presence dates back to 1512, when thirty Romani families arrived inStockholm fromHelsinki, Finland.[5] Precise dates of Romani presence in Sweden are found in the Swedish Chronicle ofOlaus Petri.[6]
Many Swedish Traveller families were of Roma origin, specificallyRomanisael. They travelled throughout Sweden without a permanent residence and many of them were not registered in the parish-based population registers. In the 1980s, the Swedish genealogistsHåkan Skogsjö and Bo Lindwall,Södertälje, conducted groundbreaking research on how to trace Swedish Traveller families in historical sources.[7]
Radio Sweden and the Swedish Television Network are broadcasting programs in the Romani language in Sweden.[8]
According to an article in the Czech sports magazineHattrick, written by Zdeněk Ryšavý, Ibrahimović has Romani heritage through his Catholic Croatian mother.[9] There is no public record of Ibrahimović ever discussing or confirming this claim. He has, however, been subject to anti-Romani verbal abuse and vandalism, based on perceptions of the perpertrators.[10]
^Skogsjö's and Lindwall's collection of materials on Travellers is housed in theNational Archives of Sweden in Gothenburg with reference code SE/GLA/498:"Håkan Skogsjös samling rörande resandesläkter arkiv – GLA/A0543".Nationella Arkivdatabasen (Swedish National Archives database) (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Archived fromthe original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved28 February 2025. – In 2014, Lindwall published his handbook on genealogical research into Swedish Travellers:Lindwall, Bo (2014).Anor från landsvägen: hur jag finner mina förfäder bland resandefolket [Ancestors of the Open Road: How I Find My Forebears Among the Swedish Travellers] (in Swedish). Solna, Sweden: Sveriges Släktforskarförbund.ISBN9789187676833.
^Wadstein, Margareta (2004).Discrimination against Romanies in Sweden(PDF) (Report). Ombudsman against ethnic discrimination (DO). "A report on the DO project in the years of 2002 and 2003 on counteracting and forestalling ethnic discrimination against the Romanies". Retrieved1 November 2024.
