Finnish Iranians

Finnish Iranians
Total population
11,178 (0.2%) (2022)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Turku, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa
Languages
Finnish, Persian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Luri (See languages of Iran)
Religion
97% Islam
2% Christianity (59% Orthodoxy)[2]
1% others
Related ethnic groups
Norwegian Iranians, Swedish Iranians, Overseas Iranians

Finnish Iranians (Persian: ایرانیان فنلاند) or Iranian Finns or Iranians in Finland are Finns of Iranian heritage.

Migration

A crime organization tried to sneak illegal Iranian immigrants through the Russian border. According to the Southeast Finland Border Guard District, if they succeeded, they would be smuggling 3-6 Iranians nearly every day.[3] 1979 Iranian Revolution also led to several Iranians moving to Finland.

Demographics

Iranians by Municipality in 2018[4]
№ Municipality Iranians %
1. Helsinki 1,169 0.26
2. Turku 1020 0.65
3. Espoo 834 0.47
4. Tampere 704 0.30
5. Vantaa 564 0.25
6. Jyväskylä 415 0.29
7. Vaasa 309 0.46
8. Oulu 199 0.10
9. Lahti 174 0.15
10. Lappeenranta 112 0.15

55.9% of Finnish Iranians are male and 44.1% are female.

Society

In January 2018, there was a protest held in Central Helsinki, in which 50 Iranians participated in. They wanted Iran to kick out the president Hassan Rouhani and the supreme leader Ali Khamenei.[5]

28% of Iranians are employed, 18% are unemployed and 53% are outside the labour force. Of those inside the labour force, 61% are employed and 39% are unemployed. There are nearly 100 Iranian entrepreneurs.[6] 342 Iranian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman, and 126 Iranian women are in a registered relationship with a Finnish man.[7][8]

Notable Finnish Iranians

See also: Category:Finnish people of Iranian descent

See also

References

  1. ^ "Origin and background country according to age group and sex by region, 1990-2021". Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  2. ^ "Persian in Finland". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  3. ^ "Rajavartiosto epäilee: Rikollisjärjestö luuli keksineensä, kuinka Suomeen pääsee laittomasti mobiilisovelluksen avulla – 3 kärähti heti | Yle Uutiset". yle.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  4. ^ "Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Alue, Kansalaisuus, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot-Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat". Pxnet2.stat.fi. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Suomessa asuvat iranilaiset vaativat maan johtajien lähtöä ja uskonnon erottamista politiikasta | Yle Uutiset". yle.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  6. ^ "Väestö pääasiallisen toiminnan, kansalaisuuden, ammattiaseman, sukupuolen, iän ja vuoden mukaan muuttujina Pääasiallinen toiminta, Kansalaisuus, Ammattiasema, Sukupuoli, Ikä, Vuosi ja Tiedot. PxWeb". pxnet2.stat.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  7. ^ "Perheet muuttujina Miehen syntymävaltio, Vuosi, Perhetyyppi, Naisen ikä ja Tiedot. PxWeb". pxnet2.stat.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  8. ^ "Perheet muuttujina Naisen syntymävaltio, Vuosi, Perhetyyppi, Miehen ikä ja Tiedot. PxWeb". pxnet2.stat.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.