1. Kven - Noun
2. Kven - Proper noun
Kven
A language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.
Kven (plural Kvens)
English Wikipedia has an article on:Kven languageWikipedia
English Wikipedia has an article on:KvenWikipedia
A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
Earlier, a common pidgin language was spoken on the northern coast of Sápmi that combined elements of Russian, Norwegian, North Sami and Kven. Source: Internet
Because of this " Norwegianization process", many families of Sami or Kven ancestry now identify as ethnic Norwegian. Source: Internet
From the 19th century up to the 1970s, the Norwegian government tried to assimilate both the Sami and the Kven, encouraging them to adopt the majority language, culture and religion. Source: Internet