Swedes of Gammalsvenskby

Swedes of Gammalsvenskby
Gammalsvenskbybor
Svenskbybor
Regions with significant populations
 Ukraine  
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The Swedes of Gammalsvenskby (Swedish: Svenskbybor) are descendants of the Estonian Swedes, a Swedish-speaking minority historically residing on the Baltic Sea island of Hiiumaa. In the 1780s, they was deported to the region of Novorossiya, where they established the village of Gammalsvenskby. Today, this village forms a neighbourhood of Zmiivka, Ukraine.

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