Finnish Iranians

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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 or Iranian Finns or Iranians in Finland are Finns of Iranian heritage.

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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]
№MunicipalityIranians %
1. Helsinki 1,1690.26
2. Turku 10200.65
3. Espoo 8340.47
4. Tampere 7040.30
5. Vantaa 5640.25
6. Jyväskylä 4150.29
7. Vaasa 3090.46
8. Oulu 1990.10
9. Lahti 1740.15
10. Lappeenranta 1120.15

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

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