 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 10,000–20,000[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Stockholm, Malmö, Södertälje, and other cities | |
| Languages | |
| Swedish, Arabic, Persian, Mandaic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs in Sweden, Assyrians in Sweden, Swedish Iraqis, Kurds in Sweden, Swedish Iranians |
Sweden is home to one of the largest communities of the Mandaean ethnoreligious group, numbering between 10,000-20,000 people (2019).[2][3] By comparison, there are now only about 3,000 Mandaeans in Iraq.[4] Several thousand Swedish Mandaeans were granted asylum status as refugees from persecution in Iraq and Syria.[5] Sweden is currently home to the largest Mandaean community in Europe.
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- ^ "Från Jordanfloden till fristaden i Vällingby." Stockholmsfria.se. (Swedish) Retrieved 2018-07-20
- ^ Salloum, Saad (2019-08-29). "Iraqi Mandaeans fear extinction". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ "Gnostic sunset: Strife in Syria and Iraq driving out Mandaeans, the last surviving followers of John the Baptist". National Post. Retrieved 2014-10-16.