Sökning: "Coastal Swedes"
Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Coastal Swedes.
1. De små båtarna och den stora flykten : Arkeologi i spåren av andra världskrigets baltiska flyktbåtar
Sammanfattning : The Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were occupied no less than three times during the Second World War. Faced with a reign of terror, the threat of deportation, and compulsory conscription, over 30,000 people fled over the Baltic Sea to Sweden. LÄS MER
2. Living on Another Shore : Early Scandinavian Settlement on the North-Western Estonian Coast
Sammanfattning : Prior to the Second World War, there was a Swedish-speaking population settled on the north-western Estonian coasts. The early history of this group is largely unknown. No colonisation is mentioned in the written sources. The earliest such sources that mention Swedes originate in the late thirteenth century. LÄS MER