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Today is the Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (Svenska dagen) here in Finland: it celebrates the Swedish-speaking population of Finland, their culture and the bilinguality of Finland. In honor of this day, I decided to list some of my favorite Swedish names.

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Alvar
August
Bertil
Egil
Elis
Filip
Frans
Fritiof / Fritjof
Gustaf / Gustav
Gösta
Hjalmar
Johan
Kjell
Lars
Leif
Magnus
Måns
Nils
Olof / Olov
Oskar
Rune
Stellan
Svante
Torsten

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Alfhild
Astrid
Beata
Bodil
Ebba
Eira
Filippa
Gudrun
Hedda
Hjördis
Ingrid
Kerstin
Lovisa
Märta
Selma
Signe
Sigrid
Sigrun
Tove
Vendela
Viveka
Ylva

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What are your favorite Swedish names?