Total population | |
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5,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Stockholm · Gothenburg | |
Religions | |
Sikhism | |
Languages | |
Punjabi · Swedish |
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Sikhism in Sweden ( Swedish: Sikhismen i Sverige) is a very small religious minority, there are approximately 5,000 adherents, most of which are settled in Stockholm and Gothenburg, each of which has two gurdwaras. [1] [2]
According to Kristina Myrvold, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Linnaeus University, "The Sikhs started coming to Sweden as economic migrants and refugees in the 1970s." [3]
Gurdwaras in Sweden include: