Finland vs. Sweden

Transnational Issues

	Finland	Sweden
Disputes - international	various groups in Finland advocate restoration of Karelia and other areas ceded to the former Soviet Union, but the Finnish Government asserts no territorial demands	none
Refugees and internally displaced persons	refugees (country of origin): 8,862 (Iraq) (2019) stateless persons: 3,428 (2020)	refugees (country of origin): 113,418 (Syria), 27,933 (Eritrea), 30,546 (Afghanistan), 17,593 (Somalia), 12,460 (Iraq), 7,408 (Iran) (2019) stateless persons: 50,414 (2020); note - the majority of stateless people are from the Middle East and Somalia