Kurds in Sweden
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Huddinge, Botkyrka, Västerås, Gothenburg, Örebro, Stockholm, Uppsala, Dalarna, Karlstad, Malmö, Borlänge | |
| Languages | |
| Kurdish, Swedish (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Iranian people |
Kurds in Sweden may refer to people born in or residing in the Sweden of Kurdish origin.
Most Kurdish people in Sweden live in the capital Stockholm or in Uppsala.[1] A majority of Kurdish political refugees choose Sweden as their host country and therefore they have a cultural presence in Sweden.[2] As of 2016, 5 MPs in the Swedish parliament is of Kurdish descent.
Chronological Kurdish arrivals to Sweden
- 1967-1970 Two Kurdish students from south Kurdistan were expelled and fled to Sweden where they continued their studies. [citation needed]
- 1971-1975 A military coup in Turkey and the peace agreement in Iraq was established. Many Kurds left those countries and went to Uppsala.[citation needed]
- 1975 Huddinge becomes the first municipality offering Kurdish as a primary language.[3]
- 1976-1980 Kurds lest different parts of Kurdistan for Sweden due of the military coup in Turkey, the mass killings in the Maraş Massacre, the war against Saddam Hussein in Iraqi Kurdistan, the revolt against the Shah in Iran, and the ill-treatment of the Kurdish population in Syria by the Baath-regime .[citation needed]
- 1984 The education of Kurdish teachers in Stockholm begins.[4]
- 1981-1985 During the military junta in Turkey, the Kurdish opposition fled to Syria and Iraq. The war between Iran-Iraq and the subjugation of Kurds in both of the countries intensified. [citation needed]
- 1986-1990 The Turkish regime's mistreatment of the Kurdish population fuels immigration to Sweden.[5]
- 1991-1995 The crises in Kuwait due to Iraqi invasion, the war in south Kurdistan, and mass exodus from north Kurdistan into Iran.[citation needed]
Integration issues
Honour killings are also prevalent among the Kurdish diaspora in the West [6] In Sweden the 26-year-old Kurdish woman Fadime Şahindal was killed by her father, a Kurd of the Catholic faith, in 2002.[7][8] [9]Kurdish organizations were criticized by prime minister Göran Persson for not doing enough to prevent honour killings.[10] Pela Atroshi was a Kurdish girl who was shot by her uncle in a brutal honour killing in Sweden.[11] The murder of Pela and Fadime gave rise to the formation of the human rights organization GAPF - Never Forget Pela and Fadime. GAPF (the acronym stands for Never Forget Pela and Fadime) is a politically and religiously independent and secular nonprofit organization working against honor-related violence and oppression . The organization's name is taken from Pela Atroshi and Fadime Sahindal which is Sweden's best-known and high-profile cases of honor killings . [12][13]
Notable Kurds in Sweden
- Amineh Kakabaveh
- Bovar Karim
- Darin
- Dilba Demirbag
- Dilnarin Demirbag
- Dilsa Demirbag Sten
- Gulan Avci
- Jiloan Hamad
- Mervan Celik
- Mustafa Can
- Nalin Pekgul
- Özz Nûjen
- Rawez Lawan
- Reşo Zîlan
- Tino Sanandaji
- Nisti Stêrk
- Sakine Madon
External links
References
- ^ a b Stilla protest mot massaker
- ^ http://www.saradistribution.com/img/saradistr_press1.gif
- ^ [Rohat Alakom - Kurderna, fyrtio år i Sverige s.98]
- ^ [Rohat Alakom - Kurderna, fyrtio år i Sverige s.97]
- ^ PalmeCenter.se
- ^ Palash R. Ghosh. "Honor Crimes in Britain Far More Prevalent than Formerly Thought". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ http://etn.sagepub.com/content/8/3/385.short
- ^ "Kurd killing sparks ethnic debate". CNN. 5 February 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ vgs.univie.ac.at/_TCgi_Images/vgs/20080527171708_HSK27_Wikan.pdf
- ^ http://etn.sagepub.com/content/8/3/385.short
- ^ http://www.news.com.au/national/australian-links-to-brutal-honour-killing/story-e6frfkp9-1111116166086
- ^ http://gapf.se/gapf/
- ^ vgs.univie.ac.at/_TCgi_Images/vgs/20080527171708_HSK27_Wikan.pdf
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