Sweden: 1) Information on Finnish gypsies living in Sweden. 2) How does one become a Swedish citizen?
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SWE5774 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sweden: 1) Information on Finnish gypsies living in Sweden. 2) How does one become a Swedish citizen?, 1 June 1990, SWE5774, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab7910.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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1) The only information on Finnish gypsies available to the IRBDC at the present time can be found in the attached excerpt from the Minority Rights Group report Roma: Europe's Gypsies which was revised in 1987.
2) According to an official of the Swedish Embassy in Canada, one may apply for Swedish citizenship after 5 years' residence in Sweden or after 3 years residence if one has been married to a Swedish citizen for at least 2 years. Persons from Nordic countries, which include Finland, only need to be residents for 2 years before application. [ Telephone conversation, Embassy of Sweden, 1 June 1990.]
ATTACHMENTS:
Grattan Puxon, Roma: Europe's Gypsies, (London: Minority Rights Group Report #14, 1987), pp. 7-8.
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