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Kven people, the Glossary

Kvens (kveeni; kvener; kväner; kveanat) are a Balto-Finnic ethnic minority in Norway.^[1]

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Baltic Finns
Ethnic groups in Norway
Ethnic groups in Sápmi
Finnish diaspora
Social history of Finland
Social history of Norway

Alta (town)

(Norwegian),, or is a town in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Alta Municipality

Alta (Áltá; Alattio; Alattio) is the most populated municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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The Baltic Finnic peoples, often simply referred to as the Finnic peoples, are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern and Eastern Europe who speak Finnic languages. Kven people and Baltic Finnic peoples are Baltic Finns.

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Børselv

,, or is a village in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Birkarls

The Birkarls (birkarlar) were a small, unofficially organized group that controlled taxation and commerce in central Lappmarken in Sweden from the 13th to the 17th century.

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Carta marina

(Latin for Marine map and description of the Northern lands; commonly abbreviated) is the first map of the Nordic countries to give details and place names, created by Swedish ecclesiastic Olaus Magnus and initially published in 1539.

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Dialect

Dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word, 'discourse', from, 'through' and, 'I speak') refers to two distinctly different types of linguistic relationships.

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Eastern Norway

Eastern Norway (Østlandet, Austlandet) is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway.

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Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world.

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Etymology of Kainuu

The origin of the name Kainuu has been disputed among Finnish historians and linguistics.

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Etymology of Kven

The origin of the name Kven is unclear.

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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) is a European treaty (CETS 148) adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe to protect and promote historical regional and minority languages in Europe.

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Finnic languages

The Finnic or Baltic Finnic languages constitute a branch of the Uralic language family spoken around the Baltic Sea by the Baltic Finnic peoples.

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Finnish language

Finnish (endonym: suomi or suomen kieli) is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland.

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Finnish Literature Society

The Finnish Literature Society (Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ry or SKS) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish.

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Finnmark

Finnmark (Finnmárku; Finmarkku; Finnmark; Финнмарк) is a county in the northern part of Norway.

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Finnmark Act

The Finnmark Act of 2005 transferred about 96% (about 46,000 km2) of the area in the Finnmark county in Norway to the inhabitants of Finnmark.

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Finns

Finns or Finnish people (suomalaiset) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland. Kven people and Finns are Baltic Finns and ethnic groups in Sápmi.

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Forest Finns

Forest Finns (Metsäsuomalaiset, Norwegian bokmål: Skogfinner, Norwegian nynorsk: Skogfinnar, Skogsfinnar) were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and Norway during the late 16th and early-to-mid-17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture, a method used for turning forests into farmlands. Kven people and forest Finns are Baltic Finns, ethnic groups in Norway, Finnish diaspora, Social history of Finland and Social history of Norway.

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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) is a multilateral treaty of the Council of Europe aimed at protecting the rights of minorities.

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Iđut

Iđut AS is a Norwegian publisher of books and music, based in Ikkaldas in Porsanger Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway.

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Karasjok Municipality

or (Northern Sami) (also: Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Kiruna

italic (Giron; Kiiruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland.

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Kven flag

The Kven flag (Kvenflagget) is a flag that has been used by Kvens since 2009 in Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

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Kven language

Kven (or; or; kveeni or kveenin kieli; kvensk) is a Finnic language or a group of Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost parts of Norway by the Kven people.

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Kvenland

Kvenland, known as Cwenland, Qwenland, Kænland, and similar terms in medieval sources, is an ancient name for an area in Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.

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Laestadianism

Laestadianism (Lestadiolaisuus), also known as Laestadian Lutheranism and Apostolic Lutheranism, is a pietistic Lutheran revival movement started in Sápmi in the middle of the 19th century.

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Lakselv

(Norwegian), or is the largest village and administrative centre of Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Lofoten

(Norwegian,; English pronunciation),, or is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Lyngen Municipality

Lyngen (Ivgu; Yykeä) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Magnus Eriksson

Magnus Eriksson (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360.

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Meänkieli

Meänkieli (literally 'our language') is a Finnic language or a group of distinct Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost part of Sweden along the valley of the Torne River.

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Meänmaa

Our Land, or sometimes Torne Valley or Torne River Valley (Tornionlaakso; Tornedalen) lies at the border of Sweden and Finland.

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Minority language

A minority language is a language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory.

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Mutual intelligibility

In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort.

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Nordic countries

The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.

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Nordreisa Municipality

, (Northern Sami), or is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Northern Norway

Northern Norway (Nord-Norge,, Nord-Noreg; Davvi-Norga) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian Kven Organization

The Norwegian Kven Organization (Norske kveners forbund) was established in 1987, and has about 700 members.

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Norwegianization of the Sámi

The Norwegianization of the Sámi was an official policy carried out by the Norwegian government directed at the Sámi people and later the Kven people of northern Norway, in which the goal was to assimilate non-Norwegian-speaking native populations into an ethnically and culturally uniform Norwegian population.

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Nursery rhyme

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century.

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Olaus Magnus

Olaus Magnus (born Olof Månsson; October 1490 – 1 August 1557) was a Swedish writer, cartographer, and Catholic clergyman.

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Polmak Municipality

Polmak is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Porsanger Municipality

Porsanger (Porsáŋgu; Porsanki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Ságat

Ságat is a Sámi newspaper written in Norwegian that is published in Leavdnja in Porsanger Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway.

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Sámi languages

Sámi languages, in English also rendered as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi people in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwestern Russia).

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Sámi peoples

The Sámi (also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Kven people and Sámi peoples are ethnic groups in Norway and ethnic groups in Sápmi.

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Skibotn

,, or is a village in Storfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Storting

The Storting (Stortinget) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Tana bru

,, or is the administrative centre of Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Tornedalians

Tornedalians (tornionlaaksolaiset; tornionjokilaaksolaiset; tornedalingar) are a linguistic minority native to the Torne Valley (Meänmaa) region in northern Sweden and Finland. Kven people and Tornedalians are Baltic Finns and ethnic groups in Sápmi.

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Troms

Troms (Romsa; Tromssa; Tromssa) is a county in northern Norway.

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Tromsø (city)

(Norwegian),, or (also: Tromssa; Tromsö) is a city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Norway)

The Commission to Investigate the Norwegianisation Policy and Injustice Against the Sámi and Kven/Norwegian Finnish Peoples (The Truth and Reconciliation Commission) is a Norwegian state commission established by the Storting in 2018.

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Vadsø (town)

(Norwegian), (Northern Sami;, or is a town in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of both Vadsø Municipality and Finnmark county, and is the largest town in East Finnmark. The town is located on the southern shore of the Varanger Peninsula, along the Varanger Fjord.

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Wiley (publisher)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kven_people

Also known as Kvaen, Kvaener, Kväner, Kveanat, Kveen, Kveen people, Kveeni, Kveeni people, Kveenis, Kveens, Kven (people), Kvener, Kvens, Norwegian Finns, Quens, Qvens.

, Skibotn, Storting, Sweden, Tana bru, Tornedalians, Troms, Tromsø (city), Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Norway), Vadsø (town), Wiley (publisher).

Kven people, the Glossary

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See also

Baltic Finns

Ethnic groups in Norway

Ethnic groups in Sápmi

Finnish diaspora

Social history of Finland

References