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Simon

From Gävle

"I was born in Stockholm actually. Then (moved to) Gävle, then Sundsvall, then Skellefteå and now Umeå. It’s not that Gävle is better than anywhere else –I am not as patriotic as people who are from the south (of Sweden) or from the north...No. It (where i am from) is nothing that I think about."

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Markus

From Piteå

"In one way it is important. It doesnt matter where people come from, but it is maybe important where one self comes from. When you grow up in a place, you are colored by that place. For example, it is that place where you belong."

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Erik

From Hummelvik

"That is my roots. I grew up there.I have roots there and return there as quickly as I can. I have the homestead there still. It means very much to know where one comes from. Socially and ethnicly. Because then you know who you are."

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Bernadette with daughters Grace and Jacqueline (left to right)

Bernadette

From Congo Kinshasa

"It is very important (where I am from). Because it is my homeland. My grandparents are born there. My heart is there."

Grace

Congo Kinshasa

"It is important. Because you have your identity there. To have origin is important, and also to have culture."

Jacqueline

Congo Kinshasa

"It is important to know your origin. In everything...It is important to know the beginning and the end. (It is important to me) to know that I have my homeland."

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Kurt

From a coastal village near Lövånger

"In some way, I think all people...we need to have origin. Then you can move for many reasons, but I think it is important to have a starting point."

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Aimée and sister Anitha (left to right)

Aimée

From Congo

"I say that I am from Congo because I was born there. Yes (I do think it is important), because I moved from there when I was one or two years old. I grew up in Rwanda but I am born in Congo. I am from Congo."

Anitha

From Congo

"My parents are from Congo but I was born in a refugee camp in Rwanda. I say I am from Congo, but I also say I was born in Rwanda. Sometimes it (where I'm from) feels important, I don't know... You know a little more about a person if you know where they come from. I don't know why, it just feels important to me."

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Sture

From Bredträsk in Bjurholm's Kommun (municipality)

"Can't say that it has great meaning (to me), but I am glad to be born in Bjurholm...It's pretty fun that there are a few (people) that come from Sweden's smallest municipality -right?"