Vietnamese people in Finland
Appearance
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Total population | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Helsinki and Turku[3] | |
Languages | |
Vietnamese, Finnish | |
Religion | |
Mahayana Buddhism[4] and Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese |
Vietnamese people in Finland form one of the country's largest groups of Southeast Asian people. According to Statistics Finland, in 2017 there are 10,817 people with a Vietnamese background, 9,872 people whose mother tongue is Vietnamese[5], 8,012 people who have been born in Vietnam, and 5,603 people with Vietnamese citizenship[2] residing in Finland. The Vietnamese-Finnish community includes both ethnic Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese.[6]
History
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Demographics
№ | Municipality | Vietnamese | % |
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1. | Helsinki | 2,436 | 0.38 |
2. | Vantaa | 1,620 | 0.74 |
3. | Espoo | 1,128 | 0.41 |
4. | Turku | 741 | 0.39 |
5. | Tampere | 522 | 0.22 |
Religion
The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.[8]
Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent
References
Notes
- ^ http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rv.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4
- ^ a b Statistics Finland (2008-04-24). "Foreigners in Finland". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ Kosonen 2008, p. 14
- ^ Chùa của người Việt ở Phần Lan bị đốt Archived May 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Ngôi chùa Việt đầu tiên ở Phần Lan Archived January 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statistics Finland (2008-03-28). "The largest foreign-language groups 1997 and 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ Kosonen 2008, p. 15
- ^ http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_032.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4
- ^ "Vietnamese of Finland". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
Sources
- Kosonen, Liisa (2008). "Growing Up Vietnamese in Finland: Looking Back 12 Years Later" (Document). Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki.
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