Serbs in Sweden

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Serbian Swedes
Српски Швеђани
Srpski Svedjani


caption =
poptime = Serbs
73,000 to 130,000 |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/BE0101_2006A01_BR_03_BE0107TAB.pdf]
popplace = Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö
langs = Serbian, Swedish
rels = Serbian Orthodox
related =

The Serbs in Sweden ( _sv. Serber) were few prior to the 1960s, some came after the World War II, mostly seeking political asylum. The greatest proportion of Serbs came together with Greeks, Italians, and Turks under the visa agreements in times of severe labour shortages or when particular skills were deficient within Sweden [ [http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/5472/a/42518 Serbien ] ] . During the '60s and '70s, agreements were signed with the governments of Yugoslavia to help Sweden overcome its severe labour shortage [ [http://www.migrationsverket.se/index.jsp?swedish/migration/historik.html Migrationsverket ] ] .

Bosnian and Croatian Serbs migrated to European countries again in a wave during and after the Yugoslav wars. Another wave of Kosovan Serbs came during the Kosovo war in 1999.

Notable Serb-Swedes

*Nebojsa Novakovic, Swedish footballer in AIK
*Sladjan Osmanagic, Swedish sports commentator
*Bojan Djordjic, Swedish footballer
*Zoran Lukic, Swedish football coach
*Milan Sevo, Swedish criminal

ee also

*Demographics of Sweden

References

External links

* [http://dijaspora.nu Diaspora, Swedish-Serb organisation]