"The investigation shows that the Kvens constituted a group of Finnish speaking people existing in continuity from the Viking Age. Their core territory was situated in the upper Gulf of Bothnia area. When this was integrated into the Swedish kingdom the inhabitants were designated Finns by the Swedes."

Lars Elenius (2019) The dissolution of ancient Kvenland and the transformation of the Kvens as an ethnic group of people. On changing ethnic categorizations in communicative and collective memories, Acta Borealia, 36:2, 117-148, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2019.1681225 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Ethnicity #Medieval #History #Histodon #Histodons #Viking #Finnish #Finn #Nordic #Scandinavia #Europe #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @medievodons