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Finnish people
The terms Finns and Finnish people are usually used in English to mean "a native or inhabitant of Finland", but they are also used to refer to the ethnic group historically associated with Finland or Fennoscandia, and they are only used in that sense here. Depending on the context, Finns and Finnish people in the sense of an ethnic group may be used with the intention of including or not including a) Swedish-speaking Finns, who are also called Finland Swedes, and b) the Finnish speakers that have lived in Sweden for centuries and Finns that immigrated recently, who are both also called Sweden Finns.
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