Scandinavian American
| Total population | |
|---|---|
|
( |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 Minnesota
|
1,603,124 |
 California
|
1,224,541 |
 Washington
|
739,043 |
 Wisconsin
|
728,248 |
 Illinois
|
575,991 |
 Michigan
|
403,888 |
 Florida
|
355,458 |
 Oregon
|
339,031 |
 Iowa
|
338,161 |
 Utah
|
333,405 |
| Languages | |
|
American English Danish Faroese Finnish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Sami Swedish Scandinavian languages |
|
| Religion | |
| 61% Protestant; 22% Roman Catholic, 14% other (no religion, Mormonism, etc.) |
|
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Scandinavians, Scandinavian Canadians, German Americans, Austrian Americans, Dutch Americans | |
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11,890,524 Scandinavian Americans
3.8% of 311,591,917 US population -- Last updated June 11, 2012
Scandinavian Americans or Nordic Americans are Americans of Scandinavian (in the broad sense), or part-Scandinavian ancestry, defined in this article to include:
and people who have reported
making a total of 11,890,524 "Scandinavians".
Finns are not linguistically Scandinavian, with the exception of Swedish-speaking Finns. Americans of Sami descent can be classed as either Norwegian, Finnish or Swedish, however, the Sami are not linguistically Scandinavian either. Despite originating outside of Europe, Greenlandic Americans can be classed as Scandinavian American due to close historical ties with Scandinavia, and because Greenland is one of the three constituent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark.
The highest per capita population of Scandinavian Americans is in North Dakota and Minnesota, and is considerably different on a city level.
There are two definitions of Scandinavia in common use: The geographical Scandinavia includes Norway and Sweden only, as these are the two countries within the Scandinavian Peninsula. The more often used cultural definition of Scandinavia includes Norway, Sweden, Denmark (without Greenland and the Faroese Islands),the semi-independent Finnish territory of Åland and the Swedish-speaking people of Finland (mostly concentrated in Western Finland). The joint ruling of Denmark and Norway from the mid-14th century until 1814, and then the joint rule of Sweden and Norway until 1905, have contributed towards a coherent culture and language. The Scandinavian languages are all descended from old Norse, and unlike Faroese and Icelandic, which have kept more of the old Norse grammar and spelling, the Scandinavian languages have undergone more or less the same simplifications and are mutually intelligible and readable, although the degree of ease with which people understand each other varies depending on country (and region) of origin.
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