Sweden: acceptance of immigrants speaking/not speaking Swedish 2018

This statistic displays the opinion of Swedish people on citizen with immigration background becoming a member of national community when fluent or not fluent in Swedish in Sweden as of 2018. According to the survey conducted by Ipsos, a majority of 64 percent of respondents thought that an immigrant who has become a citizen of Sweden and was fluent in Swedish was a real Swede, while only 36 percent did think the same about citizen with immigration background that did not speak the language fluent.

Is an immigrant who has become a citizen of Sweden and is fluent/not fluent in Swedish a real Swede?

Characteristic	Fluent in Swedish	Not fluent in Swedish
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Release date

June 2018

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

April 20, 2018 to May 4, 2018

Number of respondents

500 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "For each item in the list below, please indicate if you think a person like this is or is not a real [country demonym]? - An immigrant who has become a citizen of [country] and is fluent in our language. / An immigrant who has become a citizen of [country] and is not fluent in our language." The term "country" was replaced with "Sweden".

The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.