Russians in Norway are people born in Russia or who both parents where born in Russia who lives in Norway.
Demographics
On the 1 January 2012 there where 16,833 Russians in Norway, of whom 14,953 were first generation immigrants while 1,880 were Norwegian-born descendants.[2] In 2019 the number have risen to 21,504, and Russians make up 0.40% of the Norwegian population, and 2.28% of all foreign residents in Norway are Russians.[3]
Around one fifth of Russians in Norway lives in Oslo. 4,137 Russians lives in Oslo, but fewer then 1,000 in other cities such as Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger.[4]
Around one third of Russians in Norway have refugee background mostly from Chechnya.
Marriage
Many Russian women have come to Norway to marry Norwegian men with no immigrant background. The Norwegian-Russians are one of the immigrant groups with the highest proportion of women, a total of 67% women; only Norwegian-Filipinos have a higher proportion of women. Russian men in Norway largely marry Russian women in Norway (75%, or 681 out of 912 marriages in 2007), while Russian women in Norway marry men without immigrant background (69%, or 2,253 out of 3,259 marriages in 2007).[5]
