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| Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö | |
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| Serbian, Swedish | |
| Religion | |
| Serbian Orthodox |
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The Swedish Serbs (Swedish: Serber) constituted a low percentage of the Swedish population prior to the 1960s. Some came after World War II, mostly seeking political asylum. The greatest proportion of Serbs came together with Greeks, Italians and Turks under the visa agreements in times of severe labour shortages or when particular skills were deficient within Sweden.[2] During the '60s and '70s, agreements were signed with the governments of Yugoslavia to help Sweden overcome its severe labour shortage.[3]
Bosnian Serbs and Croatian Serbs migrated in another wave during and after the Yugoslav wars. Another wave of Kosovar Serbs came during the Kosovo war in 1999.
History
The majority of Serbs in Sweden came 1965-1969, during the Arbetskraftsinvandring (influx of Migrant workers from southern Europe, see related Gastarbeiter).
Culture
Language
The Serbs in Sweden are bilingual, Code-switching has made the Serbian community develop an informal, but characteristic form of Swedish speech as other immigrant groups.
The Serbian language is a rich contributor in the Rinkeby Swedish, a sociolect and ethnolect of the Swedish language.
Cuisine
The Ćevapčići and Pljeskavica are two Serbian dishes that has become popular in Sweden.
Music
Stockholm-based Östblocket and Macedonian-Swedish Andra Generationen are both Balkan Brass Bands, a musical style from southern Serbia.
Sport
The Stockholm Eagles is a Serbian-Swedish basketball team that has become very successful since its establishment in 2007.[4]
Serbian Orthodox Church
In 1972 the first Serbian Orthodox parish (of St. Nicholas) was formed in Västerås, prior to the forming the Serbs were headed by Swedish Orthodox priest Christofer Klasson, previously priest in the Church of Sweden. Later, the same year a parish was formed in Malmö (of Saints Cyrils and Methodius) and in 1973 one in Stockholm (of Saint Sava). Later, parishes have been formed in Göteborg (of Stefan Decanski), Jönköping (of Nativity of Mary), Helsingborg (of St Basil the Great) and one more in Stockholm. The parishes have their own head-priest.
In Malmö, 1982, the Church of Saint Cyril and Methodius was opened, the first Serbian church in Sweden. The parish of Saint Sava opened its church in Enskede, in 1983, the parish in Göteborg also has a church.
The parish in Malmö suffered several attacks in 1990, the premises were firebombed but the church was not damaged, the perpetrators were racist youths who were later convicted of arson.[5]
The SOC has parishes and churches in the cities of:
- Stockholm (2)
- Church of Saint Sava
- Eskilstuna
- Västerås
- Göteborg
- Holy Stefan Decanski church
- Jönköping
- Kristianstad
- Helsingborg
- Holy Basil the Great church
- Malmö
- Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius
- Laholm
- Smedjeryd monastery[6]
Notable Serb-Swedes
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Sportspeople
- Bojan Đorđić, footballer
- Dušan Ðurić, footballer
- Danijel Majstorović, footballer
- Nebojša Novaković, retired footballer (AIK)
- Zoran Lukić, football manager
- Dragan Umičević, ice hockey player
- Ljubomir Vranješ, handball player
- Danijela Rundqvist, female ice hockey player
Tv and Music
- Nikola Šarčević, member of Millencolin musical group
- Oscar Dronjak, guitarist of power-metal band HammerFall
- Jelena Mila, actress
- Dragomir Mrsić, actor (2009 Snabba Cash)
- Jovan Radomir, TV-Host
- Sven Stojanović, director (Eurovision Song Contest 2000,2003,2004,2005,2008)
- Aleks, R&B artist
- Lilleman, Rap artist
Other
- Biljana Srbljanović, playwright and politician
- Ilija Batljan, politician (Socialdemokraterna)
- Mijailo Mijailović, murderer of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh in 2003
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Template:Sv icon Serbia Government Offices of Sweden.
- ^ Template:Sv icon "Historik" (History), Swedish Migration Board.
- ^ Stockholm White Eagles
- ^ Sydsvenska Dagbladet 13/5, 8/6, 21/9, 31/10 and 1/11, 1990
- ^ http://mobil.svt.se/2.60664/1.1242819/serbisk-ortodox_kyrka_byggs_i_laholm&lid=aldreNyheter_800565&lpos=rubrik_1242819
External links
- Association of Serbs in Sweden Template:Sr icon Template:Sv icon
- Diaspora, Swedish-Serb organisation
