The demographic development of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland Fjalar Finnäs

1. The demographic development of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland Fjalar Finnäs Åbo Akademi University www.vasa.abo.fi/users/ffinnas/Demographic development2.ppt

2. Tandefelt and Finnäs (2007). Language and demography: historical development International Journal of the Sociology of Language 187/188 pp. 35-54 http://www.folktinget.fi/pdf/publikationer/finlanssv2005.pdf

3. Population statistics in Finland Population and vital statistics since 1749 (Sweden) Language included since 1880 Every citizen have a unique language (mother tongue) in the population register No information about knowledge in other language(s).

4. Bilingual marriage - spouses have different languages No explicit information about language use Children are registered by language at birth (=when included in the population register) Information mainly for administrative/planning purposes - no explicit consequences for the individual

5. Language status of municipalities Bilingual if the minority excees 3000 persons or 8 per cent. Bilingual – obliged to give services in both languages

7. The distribution by language status of the municipality of residence 1880-2009

8. Municipalities by language structure and number of Swedish-speakers 1950-200

12. Age structure of the Swedish-speaking population 1950 and 1970 1950 1970 Males Females 16 12 8 4 0 0 4 8 12 16 16 12 8 4 0 0 4 8 12 16 1000-tal 1000-tal 1000-tal 1000-tal

17. The proportion Swedish registered children in bilingual families and their proportion of all Swedish children 1970 and 2005

18. Number of new pupils in Swedish schools and the corresponding number of Swedish registered children aged 7 years.

20. Estimated relative divorce rate based on main effects model Language Finnish Bilingual Swedish 1.0 1.10 0.57 Account is taken for place of residence, degree of urbanisation , age of female, age difference, educational level of both spouses and year of birth

21. Age standardized death rates by language group Difference in life expectancy Males 2.5 – 3 years Females ~ 1 year

23. Age distribution 2005

24. Population forcasts

25. Number of pupils and estimated number of students

26. Level of education in different age groups A : Comprehensive school .... E: University degree

27. Swedish and Finnish speaking persons aged 35-39 years by level of education in different regions 2001 Swedish-speakers Finnish-speakers A B C D E A B C D E Finland 16,8 39,8 19,9 6,9 16,6 14,8 47,0 21,8 5,7 10,7 N yland 15,9 32,9 20,0 7,0 24,1 16,0 38,1 23,0 6,4 16,5 Eastern N 21,1 39,1 22,6 6,1 11,1 18,4 44,5 22,4 5,0 9,7 Åboland 12,1 41,4 16,8 8,1 21,6 15,2 47,2 21,2 5,7 10,7 Österb. 15,0 46,3 20,0 7,5 11,2 17,0 48,3 21,8 5,1 7,8 Åland 24,9 44,0 19,4 4,6 7,0 17,5 35,0 33,3 5,0 9,2

28. The distribution by industry of the economically population in 1970, 1980 and 1995 for Finnish-speakers and Swedish-speakers. Whole country. Agri- Manu- Trade Trans- Finan- Service Unknown culture factory port cing

29. The distribution by industry of the economically population in 1970, 1980 and 1995 for Finnish-speakers and Swedish-speakers. Bilingual regions. Agri- Manu- Trade Trans- Finan- Service Unknown culture factory port cing

30. The distribution by socioeconomic position of the economically active population in Finland 1995 for Finnish-speakers and Swedish-speakers. Finland 1995 Swedish and bilingual municipalities 1970 and 1995

31. The distribution by socioeconomic position of the economically active population in Finland 1995 for Finnish-speakers and Swedish-speakers in certain regions..