Latin American migration to Finland
Total population | |
---|---|
10,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Porvoo | |
![]() | 2,000 |
![]() | 1,853 |
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![]() | 472 |
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Languages | |
Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish | |
Religion | |
Christianity (predominantly Catholicism) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Latin Americans in the UK |
Latin American migration to Finland means immigrants from Latin America who reside in Finland.
Languages[]
Spanish is spoken by 8,099 people in Finland and Portuguese by 3,024, this includes both Spaniards and Portuguese people.[2]
№ | Municipality | Spanish speakers | % | Portuguese speakers | % | Total | % |
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1. | Helsinki | 2,916 | 0.45 | 1,021 | 0.16 | 3,937 | 0.61 |
2. | Espoo | 977 | 0.34 | 327 | 0.12 | 1,304 | 0.46 |
3. | Vantaa | 511 | 0.22 | 249 | 0.11 | 760 | 0.33 |
4. | Tampere | 472 | 0.20 | 199 | 0.084 | 671 | 0.28 |
5. | Turku | 445 | 0.23 | 173 | 0.09 | 618 | 0.31 |
- | Rest of Finland | 2,778 | 0.07 | 1,055 | 0.03 | 3,833 | 0.10 |
- | Finland | 8,099 | 0.15 | 3,024 | 0.05 | 11,123 | 0.20 |
Notable people[]
Mexican
- Sara Ferrara, track cyclist
- Ruudolf, hip hop artist
- Sofia Sida, singer
Argentine
- Monica Sileoni, gymnast
- Maximo Tolonen, footballer
Colombian
- Felipe Aspegren, footballer
- Camilo Miettinen, ice hockey player
Brazilian
- Getúlio Fredo, football manager
- Luís Fernando da Silva, youth coach
Puerto Rican
- Alex Oikkonen, footballer
- Juan Coca, footballer
- Joseph Marrero, footballer
Chilean
- Diandra, singer
- Marce Rendic, radio personality
References[]
- ^ "United Nations Population Division | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". un.org. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Väestö". Stat.fi: Statistics – Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Statistics Finland
Categories:
- Ethnic groups in Finland
- Demographics of Finland
- Latin American diasporas