Svecoman

plural Svecomans · alternative Swecoman · alternative Swekoman · alternative Svekoman

1. historicalA member of a Swedish nationalist movement that arose in the Grand Duchy of Finland at the end of the 19th century, chiefly as a reaction to the demands for increased use of Finnish vigorously presented by the Fennoman movement.

   The main idea of the Svecomans was that the Swedish-speakers of Finland were a separate nation from the Finnish-speakers and needed to preserve their Swedish language and culture.

   1990, Finland: A Country Study, second edition, Washington, D.C.: The Division, →OCLC, page 19