Originally Posted by
jyry
I wouldn't say most of people. Actually very few can speak and write Swedish to understand and read Swedish. And of course, nowadays Swedish is not necessary to learn in high school like it was some years to go.
If you live some other places than Pohjanmaa and capital area, no one can speak Swedish. They probably remember some words but most of people has forgotten it.
About 5 % speak Swedish as mother language in Finland. And that's why we all (rest 95%) have to study it :raging: Like in Turku, Swedish is not major "foreign" language anymore.