finländare

Swedish

Noun

finländare c

1. Finn; person from Finland

   Synonym: (colloquial) finnpajsare

Usage notes

• Finländare encompasses all people from Finland, while finne / finska is the term for a Finnish-speaking Finn, and finlandssvensk / finlandssvenska is the term for a Swedish-speaking Finn.

Declension

Declension of finländare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	finländare	finländaren	finländare	finländarna
Genitive	finländares	finländarens	finländares	finländarnas

Related terms

• finländska (woman from Finland, regardless of native language)
• finska (Finnish-speaking woman from Finland)
• finlandssvenska (Swedish-speaking woman from Finland)

See also

• finne
• finlandssvensk

Further reading

• finländare in Svensk ordbok.