A Swedophone is a person that speaks the Swedish language either natively or by adoption. As an adjective, the word means "Swedish-speaking."

Swedophone areas include Sweden, where the language originates, as well as the Åland Islands, an autonomous province of neighbouring Finland. There is also a significant Swedophone community in Mainland Finland comprising six percent of the total population.

There are an estimated 9 million Swedophones world-wide.

See Also

• Language adjectives
• Finland-Swedish