Greeks in Sweden

Greeks in Sweden

Total population
12,000 - 15,000 (2008)
Related ethnic groups
Greeks

The Greek community in Sweden was estimated to number between 12,000 and 15,000 people as of 2008. They are located mostly in the southern part of Sweden, especially around Stockholm.

Notable people

• Steve Angello - DJ, producer and music label owner
• Andreas Castanas
• Mikkey Dee - drummer/songwriter in the Heavy metal band Motörhead.
• Theodor Kallifatides - writer
• Elena Paparizou - singer
• Apollo Papathanasio - singer
• Alexandra Pascalidou - journalist, TV host and author
• Babis Stefanidis - football player

See also

• Greece–Sweden relations
• Greek diaspora
• Greece
• Sweden

Further reading

• Markopoulou, Christina (1981), Sociocultural effects of intra-European migration: a cyclical research study in Greece and Sweden, Monografier utgivna av Sociologiska institutionen, 22, Sweden: University of Gothenburg, OCLC 10301691 
• Corvino, Teresa; Kazana, Vasola (1984), Grekiska kvinnor: deras situation i Stockholm/Greek women: their situation in Stockholm, Norrköping: Statens invandrarverk, ISBN 9789170164040, OCLC 185864262 
• Engelbrektsson, Ulla-Britt (1987), Greker i Västerstad/Greeks in Västerstad, Rapport från DEIFO, 3, Stockholm: Delegationen för invandrarforskning, OCLC 185563946 
• Neiderud, J. (1989), "Greek Immigrant Children in Southern Sweden in Comparison with Greek and Swedish Children", Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 17 (1): 25–31, doi:10.1177/140349488901700106 
• Boukas, Andreas (1993), Greker i Sverige: en bit svensk historia, från argonauterna till nutid/Greeks in Sweden: a piece of Swedish history, from the Argonauts to the present, Stockholm: Grekiskt bibliotek och arkiv i Sverige, ISBN 9789197182003, OCLC 186176685 
• Kostoulas-Makrakis, Nelly (1995), Language maintenance or shift? a study of Greek background students in Sweden, Studies in comparative and international education, 33, Institute on International Education, Stockholm University, ISBN 9789171533289, OCLC 33333944 
• Löfvander, Monica B.; Furhoff, A.-K. (1996), "Backache in Greek Immigrants to Sweden: A Cultural Interpretative Approach", Transcultural Psychiatry 33 (3): 319–332, doi:10.1177/136346159603300304 
• Klinthäll, Martin (September 1999), "Greek Return Migration from Sweden 1968-1993", European Societies or European Society? Migrations and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Europe, European Science Foundation, Obernai, France, http://www.ekh.lu.se/ekhmkl/obernai99.pdf 

External links

• Greek embassy in Stockholm