Svenskfinland

For Finland under Swedish rule, see Swedish Finland.

Svenskfinland (lit. 'Swedish Finland') is the common name for the areas in Finland where the majority of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland live. The term can also more broadly refer to Finland's Swedish-speaking society as a whole, rather than a specific geographic region.

It is sometimes jokingly referred to as Ankdammen (lit. '"duck-pond"', Finnish: Ankkalammikko), a term originally coined by Ian Wachtmeister in a 1988 book of the same name about Swedish culture.

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