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English description below]

V ren 1967 kom den f rsta gruppen assyrier till Sverige. Under de femtio r som g tt sedan dess har assyrierna utvecklats till att idag utg ra en av de st rsta invandrargrupperna i landet. M nga av dem r f dda i Sverige och helt integrerade h r. Andra har kommit nyligen p grund av den fortsatta f rf ljelse de f r utst i sina heml nder.

I den h r historiken beskrivs hur assyrierna anl nde till Sverige, hur de etablerade kyrkor och f reningar h r, hur debatten gick livlig om deras r tt att f stanna i landet, hur de har gjort sig g llande som f retagare och inom fotbollen samt om hur deras relationer till det omkringliggande samh llet har f r ndrats. Vi f r h ra olika r ster ber tta om erfarenheterna av att leva i det svenska samh llet.

Description in English

In the spring of 1967 the first group of Assyrians came to Sweden. During the fifty years since then, the Assyrian community has grown steadily and is today one of the largest immigrant groups in Sweden. Many of them are born in Sweden and are fully integrated Swedish citizens. Others have come recently because of the continued persecution they suffer in their homelands.

This book describes how the Assyrians arrived in Sweden, how they established churches and organizations, how the lively debate went about their right to stay in the country, how they achieved as entrepreneurs and in soccer, and how their relationship with Swedish society has changed over the years. The book also features a number of interviews, giving a variety of Swedish Assyrians the chance to tell us directly of their experiences of what it is like to live in Sweden.