Kurds in Sweden may refer to people born in or residing in the Sweden of Kurdish origin.
Most Kurdish people in Sweden live in the capital Stockholm or in Uppsala. A majority of Kurdish political refugees choose Sweden as their host country and therefore they have a cultural presence in Sweden. As of 2017, 6 MPs in the Swedish parliament are of Kurdish descent.
1967-1970 Two Kurdish students from south Kurdistan were expelled and fled to Sweden where they continued their studies.
1971-1975 A military coup in Turkey and the peace agreement in Iraq was established. Many Kurds left those countries and went to Uppsala.
1975 Huddinge becomes the first municipality offering Kurdish as a primary language.
1976-1980 Kurds lest different parts of Kurdistan for Sweden due of the military coup in Turkey, the mass killings in the Maraş Massacre, the war against Saddam Hussein in Iraqi Kurdistan, the revolt against the Shah in Iran, and the ill-treatment of the Kurdish population in Syria by the Baath-regime .
1984 The education of Kurdish teachers in Stockholm begins.
1981-1985 During the military junta in Turkey, the Kurdish opposition fled to Syria and Iraq. The war between Iran-Iraq and the subjugation of Kurds in both of the countries intensified.
1986-1990 The Turkish regime's mistreatment of the Kurdish population fuels immigration to Sweden.
1991-1995 The crises in Kuwait due to Iraqi invasion, the war in south Kurdistan, and mass exodus from north Kurdistan into Iran.
The 26-year-old Kurdish woman Fadime Şahindal was murders by her father in an honour killing in 2002. Kurdish organizations were criticized by prime minister Göran Persson for not doing enough to prevent honour killings. Pela Atroshi was a Kurdish girl who was shot by her uncle in a brutal honour killing. The murder of Pela and Fadime gave rise to the formation of the human rights organization GAPF - Never Forget Pela and Fadime. GAPF (the acronym stands for Never Forget Pela and Fadime) is a politically and religiously independent and secular nonprofit organization working against honor-related violence and oppression. The organization's name is taken from Pela Atroshi and Fadime Sahindal which is Sweden's best-known and high-profile cases of honor killings. The honor killing of Sara, an Iraqi Kurdish girl, was the first publicized honor killing in Sweden. These three prominent cases of Sara, Pela and Fadime, brought the notion of honour killings into Swedish discourse.
Sirwan Kakai
Amineh Kakabaveh
Bovar Karim
Darin
Dilba Demirbag
Dilnarin Demirbag
Dilsa Demirbag Sten
Gulan Avci
Jiloan Hamad
Mervan Celik
Mustafa Can
Nalin Pekgul
Özz Nûjen
Rawez Lawan
Reşo Zîlan
Tino Sanandaji
Nisti Stêrk
Sakine Madon
In the current Swedish parliament (Riksdag), as of 2017, there are 6 MP:s of Kurdish descent. They are Serkan Köse, Amineh Kakabaveh, Jabar Amin, Roza Güclu Hedin, Lawen Redar and Shadiye Heydari.
