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| Total population | |
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| 21,504 (2019 Official Norway estimate) [1] 0.40% of the Norwegian population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Oslo, Sør-Varanger. | |
| Languages | |
| Norwegian, Russian, Chechen, Tatar, Sami | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Russian diaspora, Chechen diaspora |
Russians in Norway are people born in Russia or whose parents were both born in Russia and who live in Norway.
As of 1 January 2012 [update] there were 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.
In the only municipality that borders Russia, Sør-Varanger, there are 420 Russians. They make up 4.14% of the population, and 24,93% of all foreign residents in the municipality. [3]
Around one fifth of Russians in Norway lives in Oslo. 4,137 Russians lives in Oslo, but fewer than 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.
According to Statistics Norway, in the 2010-2013 period, the proportion of Russian-born perpetrators of criminal offences aged 15 and older in Norway was 79.4 per 1000 residents. When corrected for variables such as age and gender as well as employment, the total decreased to 76.1 after age and gender adjustment. This is higher compared to the averages of 44.9 among native Norwegians. [5] Compared to other migration groups from Eastern Europe, Russians had a lower proportion of perpetrators of criminal offences then migrants from Kosovo (131.5 and 113.0 after age and gender adjustment) and migrants from Lithuania (95.6 and 72.8 after age and gender adjustment). But it was higher than migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina (59.9 and 54.6 after age and gender adjustment) and migrants from Poland (66.2 and 46.2 after age and gender adjustment). [5]
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 Norwegian men without immigrant background (69%, or 2,253 out of 3,259 marriages in 2007). [6]
47% of Russians in Norway have a higher education.
Russian women have an employment rate of approximately 51%. Russian men have an employment rate of approximately 45%. This makes Russians the only immigrant group in Norway in which more women are employed than men. [6]
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Norway, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
The Somali diaspora or Qurbajoogta refers to Somalis who were born in Greater Somalia and reside in areas of the world that they were not born in. The civil war in Somalia greatly increased the size of the Somali diaspora, as many Somalis moved from Greater Somalia primarily to Europe, North America, Southern Africa and Australia. There are also small Somali populations in other pockets of Europe and Asia. The UN estimates that in 2015, approximately 2 million people from Somalia were living outside of the country's borders.
Many languages are spoken, written and signed in Norway.
Norwegian Vietnamese or Vietnamese Norwegian refers to citizens or naturalized residents of Norway of partially and full Vietnamese descent.
Pakistani Norwegians are Norwegians of Pakistani descent, 65.23% of Pakistanis in Norway live in the capital Oslo. First-generation Pakistani Norwegians, who migrate from Pakistan, are distinguished from the mainstream in several demographic aspects, while second-generation Pakistani Norwegians, who are born in Norway, are well established in Norway and have gone on to become professionals and politicians.
Iraqis in Norway make up approximately 33,924 people. They are mostly refugees from the Iran–Iraq War, the Saddam regime and in particular the Iraq War. Iraqis are the seventh largest immigrant group in Norway after Poles, Lithuanians, Swedes, Syrians, Pakistanis and Somalis.
Immigration and crime refers to the relationship between criminal activity and the phenomenon of immigration. The academic literature and official statistics provide mixed findings for the relationship between immigration and crime. For the United States research tends to suggest that immigration either has no impact on the crime rate or even that immigrants are less prone to crime. A meta-analysis of 51 studies from 1994–2014 on the relationship between immigration and crime in the United States found that, overall, the immigration-crime association is negative, but the relationship is very weak and there is significant variation in findings across studies. This is in line with a 2009 review of high-quality studies conducted in the United States that also found a negative relationship.
In 2017, Norway's immigrant population consisted of 883,751 people, making up 16.8% of the country's total population. Of this number, 724,987 are foreign-born, while 158,764 are Norwegian-born with foreign-born parents. The ten most common countries of origin of immigrants residing in Norway are Poland (97,197), Lithuania (37,638), Sweden (36,315), Somalia (28,696), Germany (24,601), Iraq (22,493), Syria (20,823), Philippines (20,537), Pakistan (19,973) and Eritrea (19,957). The immigrant population comprises people from a total of 221 countries and autonomous regions, but 25% of the immigrants are from one of four migrant groups: Polish, Lithuanians, Swedes and Somalis.
African immigration to Norway refers to immigrants to Norway from Africa. An estimated 131,700 people in Norway are either first or second generation immigrants from Africa. Most of these have a background as asylum seekers.
Filipinos in Norway comprise expatriates and migrants from the Philippines to Norway and their locally-born descendants. As of 2019, there are approximately 25,000 Filipinos in Norway.
Crime in Norway is countered by Norway's law enforcement agencies.
Poles in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Polish descent. They are the biggest immigrant group in Norway.
Denmark has seen a steady increase in immigration over the past 30 years, with the majority of new immigrants originating from non-Western countries. As of 2014, more than 8 percent of the population of Denmark consists of immigrants. As of Q2 of 2022, the population of immigrants is 652,495, excluding Danish born descendants of immigrants to Denmark. This recent shift in demographics has posed challenges to the nation as it attempts to address religious and cultural difference, employment gaps, education of both immigrants and their descendants, spatial segregation, crime rates and language abilities.
Syrians in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Syrian descent. Most have arrived as asylum immigrants because of the Syrian civil war.
Syrians in Denmark are citizens and residents of Denmark who are of Syrian descent.
There is a fast-growing Oriental Church in Bergen, Norway, named Saint Michael's Orthodox Church, with 147 members in 2010. It is almost exclusively made up of Ethiopians and Eritreans. The number of Eritreans in Norway grew from 813 in 2000 to 7,728 in 2010, while the number of Ethiopians grew from 2,803 to 5,805.
Eritreans in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Eritrean descent. Most have a background as asylum seekers that have fled Isaias Afwerkis regime.
Somalis in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Somali descent. They are the biggest African migration group in Norway. 36.5% of Somalis in Norway live in the capital Oslo. Almost all Somali in Norway have come to Norway as refugees from the Somali Civil War. In 2016, Somalis were the largest non-European migrant group in Norway.
Ethiopians in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Ethiopian descent.
Moroccans in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Moroccan descent.
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