Romanians in Finland

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Romanians in Finland
Total population
5,628 [1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Turku, Espoo, Vantaa, Mariehamn
Languages
Finnish  · Romanian  · Swedish
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Romanians in Germany

Romanians in Finland (Finnish : Suomen romanialaiset) are immigrants from Romania residing in Finland.

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Migration

Eastern European Roma started arriving in Finland in 2007, when Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU. Many of the Romanian Roma in the Helsinki region are from Valea Seacă. [2] Most of them beg and sell the Iso Numero magazine. [3]

Employment

Roughly 200 Romanians and Bulgarians are in the police force in Helsinki. [4]

Demographics

1.64% speak Finnish, 0.47% speak Swedish and the rest 97.89% speak other languages. [5]

Distribution

The regions with the most Romanians are Uusimaa (2,019, 0.12%), Southwest Finland (784, 0.16%) and Åland (478, 1.60%).

Romanians by Municipality in 2018 [6]
No.MunicipalityRomanians %
1. Helsinki 7370.11
2. Turku 5130.27
3. Espoo 5070.18
4. Vantaa 3960.17
5. Mariehamn 2201.87
6. Pori 1770.21

Notable Finnish people of Romanian descent

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References

  1. "Population 31.12. By Origin, Background country, Language, Year, Age, Sex and Information".
  2. "Moni Helsingissä kerjäävistä romaneista tulee tästä romanialaiskylästä – katso kuvat karuista oloista". 13 May 2016.
  3. "Kerjäämisen ja rikollisuuden suhde on puhuttanut jo vuosia: "Ei riitä, että naapurimaissa on selvinnyt vastaavanlaista toimintaa"". 18 April 2019.
  4. ""Kerjäläisiä on selvästi aiempaa vähemmän" – Helsingin poliisi sai vahvistusta Bulgariasta ja Romaniasta". 30 June 2018.
  5. http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_013.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4 [ dead link ]
  6. http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_032.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4 [ dead link ]