Ukrainian in Finland

Abstract This chapter investigates language use and language attitudes of Ukrainians in Finland in the year 2022. The data come from a survey including 1,615 responses. All of the respondents are first-generation Ukrainians in Finland. The data show that while the respondents are eager to maintain and use Ukrainian in Finland, many encounter obstacles such as the lack of Ukrainian-language classes or teachers in schools, the lack of Ukrainian knowledge among Finns, and the lack of Ukrainian-language interpreters. However, digital communication provides Ukrainian migrants new possibilities to identify with their country of origin and maintain language by distance learning in Ukrainian schools and through contacts with the Ukrainian community, access to the media, and the use of language technology such as online translation services. Ukrainian language is associated with positive evaluations regardless of whether the respondent's mother tongue was Ukrainian, Russian, or both.