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[English description below] Varen 1967 kom den foersta gruppen assyrier till Sverige. Under de femtio ar som gatt sedan dess har assyrierna utvecklats till att idag utgoera en av de stoersta invandrargrupperna i landet. Manga av dem ar foedda i Sverige och helt integrerade har. Andra har kommit nyligen pa grund av den fortsatta foerfoeljelse de far utsta i sina hemlander. I den har historiken beskrivs hur assyrierna anlande till Sverige, hur de etablerade kyrkor och foereningar har, hur debatten gick livlig om deras ratt att fa stanna i landet, hur de har gjort sig gallande som foeretagare och inom fotbollen samt om hur deras relationer till det omkringliggande samhallet har foerandrats. Vi far hoera olika roester beratta om erfarenheterna av att leva i det svenska samhallet. 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.

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