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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Swedes of Canada

The Swedes of Canada, numbering approximately 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a predominantly Scandinavian population whose homeland is Sweden in northern Europe. Historically, Swedes emerged from Germanic-speaking populations inhabiting the Scandinavian Peninsula. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Swedish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Scandinavian
Primary Language(s): Swedish (swe)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 10,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043481
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

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%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Swedish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Swedish Speakers

Media Resources in Swedish:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Swedish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1917 Swedish Bible✓
Svenska Folkbibeln 15✓✓
Svenska Folkbibeln 98✓✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Swedish bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Swedes are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Swedes:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Swedes of Canada

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

Swedish Across Countries (ROP3 - 109650) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SwedesPG043643SwedesUnited States63,500No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
SwedesPG043481SwedesCanada10,000No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
SwedesPG000685SwedesUnited Kingdom33,500Unengaged and UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
SwedishPG000571SwedishSweden8,780,000No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
SwedesPG000459SwedesNorway36,500Unengaged and UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
SwedesPG000122SwedesFinland295,000No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
SwedesPG000098SwedesDenmark21,500Engaged yet UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
SwedesPG000044SwedesAustria1,900No Longer UnreachedSwedishProtestantism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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