Italians in Finland

Italian Finns (Italian: italo-finlandesi; Finnish: italialaiset Suomessa) are Finnish-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Finland during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Finland.

Italian Finns
Italo-finlandesi (Italian)
italialaiset Suomessa (Finnish)
Charles Bassi
Total population
around 3,395[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki · Espoo · Vantaa · Turku · Tampere
Languages
Finnish · Italian and Italian dialects
Religion
Christianity 82% (97% Catholicism, 2% Orthodox, 1% Protestant), 18% irreligion[2]
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Italian Belgians, Italian Britons, Italian French, Italian Germans, Italian Romanians, Italian Spaniards, Italian Swedes, Italian Swiss, Corfiot Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italians of Crimea, Italians of Odesa

Characteristics

The number of Italians can only be measured in the number of Italian speakers, people born in Italy and their children, since Finland does not collect statistics on ethnicity.[3]

The "Associazione degli Italiani" in Finland, founded in 1990, operates in Finland as an aggregation society for Italian-Finnish people.[4] Furthermore, the Finland-Italy cultural society operates in Finland, founded in 1963, to increase cultural exchanges between the two cultures.[5] Most Italian Finns are Roman Catholics.[6]

Demographics

67% of Italian Finns are male and 33% are female. 51.3% of Italian Finns are employed, 9.5% are unemployed and 39.2% are outside the labour force. There are over 200 Italian students in Finland, and over 160 Italian entrepreneurs.[7] 761 Italian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman.[8]

In 2018:[9]

  • 1,133 Finns had a dual Italian citizenship
  • 2,441 Finns had an Italian background
  • 2,709 Finns had an Italian citizenship
  • 2,857 Finns spoke Italian as their native language
  • 2,956 Finns were born in Italy
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1980275—    
1990475+72.7%
2000958+101.7%
20101,790+86.8%
20182,956+65.1%
20213,395+14.9%
Source: Statistics Finland
Italians by Municipality in 2018[10]
№ Municipality Italians  %
1. Helsinki 1,078 0.17
2. Espoo 336 0.12
3. Vantaa 226 0.10
4. Turku 186 0.10
5. Tampere 163 0.07

Notable Italian Finns

See also

References
  1. "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". migrationpolicy.org. February 10, 2014.
  2. Project, Joshua. "Italian in Finland". joshuaproject.net.
  3. Saarenmaa, Kaisa. "Tilastokeskus - Etnisyystiedon merkitys kasvaa maahanmuuton lisääntyessä". www.stat.fi.
  4. Italialaisten yhdistys Suomessa
  5. "Historia" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  6. "Italian in Finland". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  7. "Väestö muuttujina Pääasiallinen toiminta, Kansalaisuus, Ammattiasema, Sukupuoli, Ikä, Vuosi ja Tiedot". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2019-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Immigrants in the population". www.stat.fi.
  10. "Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Alue, Syntymävaltio, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat.
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