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If you headed to Finland and wanted to talk to the locals in a language other than English, you’d need to brush up on your Finnish, right? While that would be a logical assumption, you may be interested to know that Swedish, or “Finland Swedish,” is an official language of Finland as well.

Has that tidbit of information got you scratching your head? Swedish language translation in Finland is a skill you or your company could — under the right circumstance — make use of one day when working or traveling in Northern Europe.

If you step back and take history and geography into consideration, the prevalence of Swedish in Finland does make a fair bit of sense.

Finland, which used to be part of the Swedish kingdom, has had a lot of influence come in from its more dominant neighbor. Over the course of the centuries, Finland has felt pressure from both Russia and Sweden, yet Swedish is the language that eventually attained official status in an independent Finland.

Of course, Finland Swedish is not exactly the same as the Swedish spoken in Sweden, which is important to keep in mind if you ever do have to deal with Swedish language translation in Finland. While grammatically both types of Swedish are very similar, there are some vocabulary differences that have evolved through varied usage.

Even though Swedish-speaking Finns make up a relatively small group in Finland, there are enough of them to, according to Finish law, get their language on equal legal footing with Finnish. That means Swedish in Finland could be around for some time to come.

So, for those of you who spend a lot of time in or work with Scandinavian countries, you now know that the need for Swedish translation doesn’t necessarily stop at the Swedish border.