Editing Finland's language strife (section)

{{Short description|19th-century conflict over language rights in Finland}}

'''Finland's language strife''' ({{langx|sv|Finska språkstriden|lit=Finnish language dispute}}; {{langx|fi|Suomen kielitaistelu|lit=Finnish language struggle}}) was a major conflict in mid-19th century [[History of Finland|Finland]]. Both the [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]] languages were commonly used in Finland at the time, associated with descendants of [[Swedish colonisation of Finland|Swedish colonisation]] and leading to class tensions among the speakers of the different languages. It became acute in the mid-19th century.