MedborgarskapskursenGlossary · Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history
invandrarland
Swedish word. In English: country of immigration
A country that many people move to.
Facts about the word
- More than a million Swedes emigrated to the USA between 1850 and 1920 in the hope of a better life. Sverige i fokus s. 32
- During the record years many people came from Finland, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey, for example, to work in Sweden. Sweden, which had been a country of emigration in the 19th century, now became a country of immigration. Sverige i fokus s. 36
- In the 1990s immigration to Sweden began to increase again. Many now came as refugees from dictatorships or war-torn countries. Sverige i fokus s. 38
Page references are to UHR's study material Sverige i fokus.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
A country of immigration is one many people move to. A country many people leave is a country of emigration, as Sweden was in the 19th century.
The word belongs to Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.