Immigration Research in Sweden

Abstract

Since the most significant population movements in the Nordic area during the postwar period have gone from Finland to Sweden, over the past fifteen years a rather comprehensive research has developed on these movements, notably in Sweden. This article seeks to facilitate the access of English speaking readers to Swedish immigration research, since the bulk of this material is available only in Swedish. One result of the rapid and unique development of Swedish immigra? tion policy during the 1960s and 1970s has been a concomitant increase in demands for reports on the consequences of the Swedish experiment. Indication of a close relationship between migration policy and migra? tion research, it is important to note that these demands have often come from policy makers, administrators and migration students of other countries. In response to this demand, the Commission on Immigration Research (Expertgruppen for mvandringsforskning), abbreviated EIFO, was established in 1975 as an advisory body to the Ministry of Labor for the funding and initiating of research on migration. A number of research