EVENT INFORMATION

15
November
2023

Tornedalian commission documents exclusion and assimilation

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📅 15 November 2023 📍 Sweden

The commission submitted its final report on state and church assimilation policies affecting Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset, including language loss and discrimination. It called for acknowledgment, responsibility and concrete redress. The Swedish government had not issued a formal apology by the report date.

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Elisabet Fura

interviewees and affected communities

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Tornedalians

Kvens and Lantalaiset