List of municipalities of Finland in which Finnish is not the sole official language

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  Officially monolingual Finnish-speaking municipalities (Sami bilingual municipalities not shown)
  Bilingual municipalities with Finnish as the majority language
  Bilingual municipalities with Swedish as the majority language
  Monolingual Swedish-speaking municipalities (including Åland)
More than 17,000 Swedish Finns live in officially monolingual Finnish municipalities, and are thus not represented on the map.

This list includes all Finnish cities and municipalities in which Swedish has official status at the local level.

In Finland 91.5% of the population speak Finnish, and 5.5% Swedish (as of December 31, 2006).[1] Both languages are official. At the local level, a municipality can officially use Finnish, Swedish or be bilingual. The Finnish language law provides for bilingualism if both languages represent at least 8% of the population, or at least 3,000 speakers. A previously bilingual municipality retains its status until the proportion falls below 6%, but a municipality can choose to retain bilingualism even if the percentage drops below 6.[2] Lohja is the only municipality to make use of this special provision. The 3,000-speaker rule was introduced as the proportion of Swedish residents of Turku (approximately 9,000 people) was less than 6%. Additionally, the 3,000-speaker rule applies in Vantaa (which has around 6,000 Swedish-speaking residents); other municipalities are bilingual by virtue of the percentage rule.

The language law does not apply in Åland (Ahvenanmaa in Finnish), an autonomous province that is monolingually Swedish.

Under the present regulations, valid until 2012, of 416 Finnish municipalities, 19 are Swedish-speaking (including 16 in Åland). 43 municipalities are bilingual; of these, 22 have a Swedish-speaking majority and 21 a Finnish-speaking one. The remaining 354 municipalities are monolingually Finnish-speaking.

Besides Åland, the Swedish-speaking areas are concentrated on the West Coast in Ostrobothnia, the South Coast regions of Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa, and the region of Finland Proper.

Alphabetical list

Language codes
  • S = monolingually Swedish-speaking
  • S-F = majority Swedish-speaking
  • F-S = majority Finnish-speaking
Name in majority
language 		Name in minority
language 		Language(s) Swedish-speaking
percentage
31 December 2006[1] 		Region Province
Brändö   S 86.1 % Åland Åland
Dragsfjärd Dragsfjärd S-F 74.6 % Finland Proper Western Finland
Eckerö   S 90.4 % Åland Åland
Ekenäs Tammisaari S-F 81.7 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Espoo Esbo F-S 8.5 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Finström   S 94.6 % Åland Åland
Föglö   S 91.1 % Åland Åland
Geta   S 92.0 % Åland Åland
Hammarland   S 95.9 % Åland Åland
Hanko Hangö F-S 43.7 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Helsinki Helsingfors F-S 6.1 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Houtskär Houtskari S-F 87.0 % Finland Proper Western Finland
Ingå Inkoo S-F 58.0 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Iniö Iniö S-F 70.4 % Finland Proper Western Finland
Jakobstad Pietarsaari S-F 56.3 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Jomala   S 92.8 % Åland Åland
Karis Karjaa S-F 59.3 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Kaskinen Kaskö F-S 30.1 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Kauniainen Grankulla F-S 38.8 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Kimito Kemiö S-F 64.8 % Finland Proper Western Finland
Kirkkonummi Kyrkslätt F-S 19.1 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Kökar   S 92.3 % Åland Åland
Kokkola Karleby F-S 17.3 % Central Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Korpo Korppoo S-F 74.8 % Finland Proper Western Finland
Korsholm Mustasaari S-F 71.0 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Korsnäs   S 94.6 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Kristinestad Kristiinankaupunki S-F 57.0 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Kronoby Kruunupyy S-F 84.5 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Kumlinge   S 93.6 % Åland Åland
Lapinjärvi Lappträsk F-S 32.9 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Larsmo S 92.9 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Lemland   S 94.3 % Åland Åland
Liljendal Liljendal S-F 77.0 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Lohja Lojo F-S 4.1 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Loviisa Lovisa F-S 38.3 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Lumparland   S 91.0 % Åland Åland
Malax Maalahti S-F 88.7 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Mariehamn   S 89.2 % Åland Åland
Myrskylä Mörskom F-S 11.4 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Nagu Nauvo S-F 70.2 % Varsinais-Suomi Western Finland
Närpes   S 90.5 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Nykarleby Uusikaarlepyy S-F 90.0 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Oravais Oravainen S-F 83.8 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Pargas Parainen S-F 54.0 % Varsinais-Suomi Western Finland
Pedersöre Pedersören kunta S-F 90.5 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Pernå Pernaja S-F 59.3 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Pohja Pojo F-S 37.6 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Porvoo Borgå F-S 32.2 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Pyhtää Pyttis F-S 10.3 % Kymenlaakso Southern Finland
Ruotsinpyhtää Strömfors F-S 18.9 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Saltvik   S 95.4 % Åland Åland
Särkisalo Finby F-S 10.6 % Varsinais-Suomi Western Finland
Sipoo Sibbo F-S 38.3 % Eastern Uusimaa Southern Finland
Siuntio Sjundeå F-S 33.6 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Sottunga   S 90.0 % Åland Åland
Sund   S 94.2 % Åland Åland
Turku Åbo F-S 5.2 % Varsinais-Suomi Western Finland
Vaasa Vasa F-S 24.8 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland
Vantaa Vanda F-S 3.1 % Uusimaa Southern Finland
Vårdö   S 93.1 % Åland Åland
Västanfjärd Västanfjärd S-F 87.7 % Finland Proper Western Finland
Vörå-Maxmo Vöyri-Maksamaa S-F 85.5 % Ostrobothnia Western Finland

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b Tilastokeskus / Statistikcentralen (Statistics Finland, accessed 11 November 2007): "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area 1980-2006". Cite error: The named reference "statistica" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Language law 6.6.2003/423 §5; Text of the law in Finnish, Swedish and English versions

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