Scandinavian Australians

Scandinavian Australians

Conrad Coleby Adam Tuominen Jasmuheen Chris Leikvoll Jørgen Jensen Greg Norman Lawrence Springborg Henry Lawson Marie Bjelke Petersen
Total population
c. 150,000
Languages
Australian English · Danish · Finnish · Swedish · Norwegian · Icelandic · Faroese
Religion
Lutheranism, other Protestant denominations, Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Scandinavian New Zealanders, other European Australians

Scandinavian Australians are Australian citizens whose origins are found in any of the Nordic countries, or people from any of these countries who live in Australia. Danish immigrants made up the largest group by far. Although Finland is significantly different culturally from other Scandinavian countries and as such is not usually counted among them, it is still counted as one in the Australian censuses for the sake of statistics.

Countries of origin[]

This is a list of the countries of origin. The numbers indicate the people born in their home countries and people born in Australia of Scandinavian descent.

Ethnic group	Number	Ref.
Danish Australians Faroese Australians	59,376	[1][2]
Finnish Australians	34,000	[3]
Swedish Australians	30,375	[4]
Norwegian Australians	25,700	[5]
Icelandic Australians	980	[6]
Total	150,431

Icelandic Australians[]

These citizens are Australian of Icelandic ancestry, or persons born in Iceland residing in Australia.^[7] The largest emigration from Iceland to Australia took place in the late 1960's, when the Australian government offered immigrants financial assistance at a time when the employment situation in Iceland was bleak.^[8][9][10] There were 980 residents who reported Icelandic ancestry in the 2011 census.^[6] They form the smallest part of the wider Scandinavian Australian group usually included in the census.

See also[]

• Europeans in Oceania
• Immigration to Australia

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