Swedish Vyvlanders

Swedish Vyvlanders
Vyvlander Swedes
Vio-Swedes
Sweneren

Total population
ca. 350,000
Regions with significant populations
Feel free to add your nation's Swedish Vyvlander population
Template:Country data Geadland	90,000
Luziyca	84,000
Nevanmaa	73,000
Vyvland	61,000
Languages
Swedish, Vyvlander
Religion
Irreligion, Lutheranism

Swedish Vyvlanders (also known as Vyvlander Swedes, Vio-Swedes or, in Vyvland, Sweneren) are an ethnic group originating from Vyvland, but related to, and nowadays often mixed with, the Swedes in Geadland and Luziyca and the Mari in Nevanmaa. Although they originate from western Vyvland, most currently live in foreign countries due to their expulsion under Amiral Jueves in the 1940s. Prior to this, they lived predominantly in Pegerm and Grunir, inhabiting many towns which became depopulated after their expulsion. Since Vyvlander reunification, however, many have returned and settled in the former Swedish towns.

History

Swedish-speakers first arrived in Vyvland around 1500, and their population increased over the next two centuries. Stigmatised by the ethnic Vyvlanders already living in the country, many Swedes settled in virtual ghettoes, often on poor, marshy or low-lying land around the Gulf of Kafren. As such, this ensured they were perceived even more as outsiders to other Vyvlanders.

File:Geads and Swedes in Vyvland.jpg

The proportion of Swedes in Vyvland in 1862
  30-50% Swedish
  over 50% Swedish

However, the situation for the Swedish population improved when major land reclamation works were carried out in the area where the Swedes predominantly lived in the eighteenth century. This prevented the devastating and common floods which plagued their land, while the ascension of more sympathetic monarchs to the throne meant that the Swedes were able to live relatively similar lives to ethnic Vyvlanders, to whom they had become less culturally distinct. The Swedish population started to expand, and its extreme segregation started to lessen, with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, when many Swedes migrated for better work, especially to nearby Niyport.

However, the increased exposure to Swedes in the early twentieth century, combined with economic troubles, caused anti-Swedish sentiment to rise. Populist and nationalist parties capitalised best out of this - most notable among these was the Nationalist Movement, under whose control the majority of Swedish Vyvlanders came after the Vyvlander Civil War. Amiral Jueves, the party's leader, was especially unsympathetic to Swedes, and openly threatened and insulted them often, noting that they "tear a hole in Vyvland". This hostility became more fervent in the 1940s with the passing of the so-called 'Anti-Swedish Laws', which barred Swedes from holding normal citizenship, owning large businesses and voting.

Houses in the ex-Swedish village of Boylingen (Bölling) in 1985, forty years after expulsion. Many houses in the area remain derelict to this day.

On 12th January 1945, the Swedes were officially expelled from Vyvland, with one week given until they would be executed if they remained. The harsh winter that year meant that many of the Swedes who were evicted from their homes died of complications such as frostbite, while thousands others were shot due to their inability to escape Vyvland. Around half of the 200,000 Swedes who lived in Vyvland in 1945 perished, especially in the majority-Swedish areas. Those who did escape were often left destitute while seeking asylum in various nearby countries. However, many Swedes integrated with their new countries very quickly, due to large Swedish populations in the destinations reached, including Luziyca, Geadland and Nevanmaa. The city of Arje and island of Leghel in Geadland, and Inleda in Luziyca, bore the brunt of the Swedish refugee influx. The concentrated settlement of refugees in the Arje area necessitated the initiation of the Sveengham program, in which many Swedes were housed in prefabricated houses, although many of these were subsequently destroyed by flooding in 1955. North Vyvland, afraid of the diplomatic repercussions, declined to accept Swedish asylum seekers in any significant quantities.

Since Vyvlander reunification in 1983, some Swedes have returned to Vyvland - most have settled in their traditional homelands in Pegerm, often in towns that have lain virtually abandoned since their expulsion. However, the vast majority of today's estimated 320,000 Swedish Vyvlanders and their descendants have remained overseas.

Population

Total population

Year	1842	1852	1862	1872	1882	1892	1902	1912	1922	1932	1942	1945	1952	1962	1972	1982	1992	2002	2012
Swedes	132,000	148,000	177,000	233,000	276,000	289,000	295,000	298,000	300,000	303,000	212,000	58,000	36,000	39,000	35,000	40,000	49,000	54,000	63,000

Swedish population by municipality

Municipality (Vyvlander)	Municipality (Swedish)	% Swedish
Abelhuse	Abelhus	6%
Boylingen	Bölling	27%
Domborg	Domborg	13%
Gejreykusel	Göraborg	8%
Gejreystraand	Görastrand	5%
Jeni	Jeni	6%
Jesel	Sjesskulla	6%
Klio	Klosby	10%
Krekeden	Kroken	12%
Kresdis	Kristes	23%
Mysegsgy	Mösekulla	35%
Norman	Nåmen	5%
Osden	Österstad	9%
Swempy	Svenskby	44%
Tegan	Teggen	15%
Vurel	Färkulla	20%