Our Country Officially Renamed From Vitryssland To Belarus In Sweden

The public advocated this.

The official name of our country in Sweden now sounds like Belarus. This was announced on Twitter by the Ambassador of Belarus to Sweden Dzmitry Mironchyk.

“The official name of our country in the Swedish language is changed to BELARUS. Sincere thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, and personally to Minister Ann Linde, all Swedes and Belarusians, involved in this case! ”, the diplomat wrote.

In 1991, our country, declaring independence, and having left the USSR, changed its name from the BSSR (in Swedish - “Vitryssland”, which literally means “Belarus”) to Belarus, tut.by notes. But in Sweden, Belarus was still called Vitryssland. In 2015, the Swedish Foreign Ministry agreed to add the new name Belarus to the official list of country names, but only as a note with the original Vitryssland.

Important to note, Belarusians in Sweden held a rally to change the name of the country.