Number of Speakers
| Language | Speakers | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Swedish | 10,000,000 | 300,000 Swedish-speaking Finns |
| Danish | 6,000,000 | |
| Norwegian | 5,000,000 | approx. 85-90% prefer Bokmål as their written standard, 10-15% Nynorsk |
| Icelandic | 320,000 | |
| Faroese | 70,000 | |
| Jamtlandic | 45,000 | |
| Elfdalian | 3,000 |
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