On your point about attitudes towards Swedish-speaking Finns: there certainly are people who can be unpleasant about this, on both sides. Once a customer very nearly yelled at my colleague for not being able to serve them in fluent Swedish (this was in Eastern Finland) but was all smiles when they found out my colleague was Czech and not Finnish - "oh but THEN it's understandable don’t worry sweety :)" Luckily almost all people I've met are civil about this stuff though.
It’s a really interesting dynamic to observe and ~analyze as an outsider. Especially since there also tend to be socioeconomic characteristics that distinguish Swedish-speaking from Finnish-speaking Finns (in areas where there are significant populations of both like Helsinki for example). For my job I work in different areas of Helsinki and have gotten to see drastically different places like Kontula and Westend and it’s true that in the more upper class neighborhoods there are noticeably more “Swedes.” And at my previous job at an athletic center the majority of my customers who came for the fencing and horse riding tournaments (activities I would typically associate with people who are better off) were Swedish-speaking. In conclusion,,, I think the attitudes of Swedish speakers who resent some Finns for not speaking Swedish probably only enforce the Finnish speakers’ resentment towards the uppity (for a lack of a better word, and also GENERALIZATION = not necessarily accurate) Swedish speakers and the fact that they are required to learn Swedish (especially for those who live in areas where Swedish isn’t used at all ever by anyone outside of Swedish class). So sometimes the relationship between the two groups just seems a little tense. But that’s just my observation that you didn’t ask for! :-)
