Indicator history

The Roma minority of Sweden is estimated to 50.000, including five major groups defined by their respective period of arrival in Sweden. The number of Roma has grown substantially during the past decades primarily because of immigration from new EU member states and from the wars in former Yugoslavia. About half of the Swedish Roma minority are represented by the Swedish Travellers, a Roma group with roots in Roma arriving in the 16th century, the rest arriving at later stages. Today, the Roma have the status of a national minority in Sweden. 

Source: Romers rätt – en strategi för romer i Sverige, Betänkande av Delegationen för romska frågor, Stockholm, SOU 2010:55, http://www.levandehistoria.se/files/66e467ad.pdf