Talk:Demographics of Sweden
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[edit] Assyrians
Is there anyway where I can find out the number of Assyrians in Sweden? Chaldean 17:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Population Racial Makeup
I can't seem to find it but why is there nothing on it? Like "86% of the Swedish Population is actually Swedish" ?
- Simply because "being Swedish" is not a race in itself. There are no official statistics available in Sweden on racial demographics. Philaweb T-C 10:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Swedish is of course a race of itself, exactly like norweigians and danes. Just some leftist try to let people belive something else.
I disagree. I see danes, swedes and norwegians (Icelanders?) as one race, and I also believe that this is ethnicaly correct.
all native Europeans, Middle-Easterners, North Africans and South Asians are the same race, Caucasian. The word you're looking for is ethnicity, not race. --86.148.57.131 (talk) 04:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Of course there is the Germanic race. How can you say that we would be racially related to ME-people? That's pathetic.
no. danes , swedes , islanders and norwigians are part of the north germanic race and language group. germans, swiss-germans, austrians,dutch and the english are part of the west germanic race . The east germanics (vandals, wisigoths) died out around 600 past jesus. That is the correct scientific differencation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.167.216.58 (talk) 22:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Religion
How can an estimated 46-85% of the population not believe in God, when 78% of the population belongs to the Church of Sweden? Philaweb T-C 16:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
- Because until very recently persons born in Sweden automatically became members of the Church of Sweden and will stay members until they choose to leave. I.e. a lot of members of the church do not attend, or aren't religious at all. / David
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- Until less then a decade ago the Church of Sweden was the official state religion of Sweden, meaning that all citizens became members upon birth unless they could prove that they were an active member of a different church/religion. As such, even atheists and other irreligious people had no choice but to be members of the church. People born in this decade are not made members of the church upon birth, but older people have to fill out a form if they want to leave the church, something many have not bothered to do. As such more than half of Sweden's population don't believe in God but are registered members of the Church of Sweden nevertheless. I see no contradiction in the statement "an estimated 46-85% of the population do not believe in God while 78% of the population belongs to the Church of Sweden". —Gabbe 08:32, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
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Why has the fact that 46 - 85% of the population of Sweden don't believe in God not been added to the article? I'll add it myself, then. Addie777 (talk) 00:07, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
