Diaspora community · Wider Europe
Sweden
An established Yazidi diaspora in Sweden, with communities around Örebro and other cities.
Overview
About Sweden
Sweden hosts one of the larger Yazidi communities in Europe outside Germany, with concentrations around Örebro and other cities and a network of associations.
The community grew through both earlier labour and refugee migration and later arrivals connected to the conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
Diaspora communities are described at the level of city or country. Estimates vary widely between sources, so ranges and named sources are preferred over single headline figures.
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Coordinates and external references
Coordinates are approximate and provided for orientation. They should be re-checked against an authoritative gazetteer before any operational use.
Source note
References for this place
This entry is an editorial synthesis of the references below, chosen for the place type. It reproduces no restricted or copyrighted text and should be expanded only after specialist review.
The Yezidis
Saqi, 2005, with later fieldwork on persecution, displacement, and ritual change. Used for contemporary community and displacement context.
The Religion of the Peacock Angel
Routledge, 2014. Reference for the Yazidis of the Caucasus — Armenia, Georgia, and the communities that spread into Russia.
“Yazidis i. General,” Encyclopaedia Iranica
Specialist overview of Yazidi history, geography, community, and identity across the homeland, the Caucasus, and the diaspora.