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<p>Swedes , or Swedish people, are a <a href="/facts/North_Germanic/zocYfWp8">North Germanic</a> <a href="/facts/Ethnic_group/XSp5l24t">ethnic group</a> native to <a href="/facts/Scandinavia/KpLQ40kl">Scandinavia</a>. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other <a href="/facts/Nordic_countries/uaqX7z81">Nordic countries</a>, <a href="/facts/Swedish-speaking_population_of_Finland/8Tv7tAXx">in particular</a>, neighboring <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a>, where they are an officially recognized minority,[d] with Swedish being one of the official languages of the country, and with a substantial <a href="/facts/Swedish_diaspora/hJCyq36r">diaspora</a> in other countries, especially the <a href="/facts/Swedish_Americans/KR7VSdbs">United States</a>. </p>