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Estonian Americans (Estonian: Ameerika eestlased) are Americans who are of Estonian ancestry, mainly descendants of people who left Estonia before and especially during World War II. According to the 2021 American Community Survey , around 29,000 Americans reported full or partial Estonian ancestry, [ 1 ] up from 26,762 in 1990 .
Põhjamaad means both "Nordic countries" and "Northern countries" in the modern Estonian language.Whereas very few Estonians self-identify as Scandinavians, the ethnic Estonians' homeland has been almost invariably referred to as põhjamaa ("Northern country", instead of "Western" or "Eastern" country), both in Estonian popular culture and media, as well as in surveys of public opinion and ...
Estonians or Estonian people (Estonian: eestlased) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who speak the Estonian language. Their nation state is Estonia . The Estonian language is spoken as the first language by the vast majority of Estonians; it is closely related to other Finnic languages , e.g. Finnish , Karelian and Livonian .
Swedish American Historical Quarterly 65 (2014): 3–30. Norwegian-American press argued the colonial settlement was Scandinavian not just Swedish. Rasmussen, Anders Bo. Civil War Settlers: Scandinavians, Citizenship, and American Empire, 1848-1870 (2022) see online book also see online book review
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Group of peoples around the Baltic Sea This article is about the Finnic peoples living near the Baltic Sea. For other uses, see Finnic peoples. Ethnic group Baltic Finnic peoples Finnic languages at the beginning of the 20th century Total population c. 7.4–8.2 million Regions with ...
See also Latin American Britons (80,000 Latin American born in 2001). [57] Brazilians: around 280,000 in Portugal, and 50,000 in Italy and Germany each (mainly German-Brazilians). [58] [59] Chilean refugees escaping the Augusto Pinochet regime of the 1970s formed communities in France, Sweden, the UK, former East Germany and the Netherlands.
Republic of Estonia Eesti Vabariik (Estonian) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm Location of Estonia (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green) – [Legend] Capital and largest city Tallinn 59°25′N 24°45′E / 59.417°N 24.750°E / 59.417; 24.750 Official language Estonian [a] Ethnic groups (2024) 68% Estonians 22% ...
This is a list of notable Estonian-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Lists of Americans By US state