This statistic shows the results of a survey on the importance of the ability to speak Swedish in Sweden in 2016. During the survey period, most of the respondents stated that speaking the country’s national language was important. 66 percent of the respondents stated that it is very important to be able to speak the national language in Sweden. That it was somewhat important, was the opinion of 27 percent of the respondents. For 2 percent of the respondents, being able to speak Swedish was not important at all.
Swedish is the official language spoken in Sweden. Additionally, there are five minority languages: Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami, Yiddish and Romani.
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Pew Research Center. (July 11, 2016). How important is the ability to speak Swedish? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/708372/survey-on-importance-of-ability-to-speak-the-national-language-in-sweden/
Pew Research Center. "How important is the ability to speak Swedish?." Chart. July 11, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/708372/survey-on-importance-of-ability-to-speak-the-national-language-in-sweden/
Pew Research Center. (2016). How important is the ability to speak Swedish?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/708372/survey-on-importance-of-ability-to-speak-the-national-language-in-sweden/
Pew Research Center. "How Important Is The Ability to Speak Swedish?." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/708372/survey-on-importance-of-ability-to-speak-the-national-language-in-sweden/
Pew Research Center, How important is the ability to speak Swedish? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/708372/survey-on-importance-of-ability-to-speak-the-national-language-in-sweden/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
How important is the ability to speak Swedish? [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 11, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/708372/survey-on-importance-of-ability-to-speak-the-national-language-in-sweden/
