Italian Finns (Italian: italo-finlandesi; Finnish: Suomenitalialaiset) are Finnish-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Finland during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Finland.
Total population | |
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3,510[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Tampere | |
Languages | |
Finnish · Italian and Italian dialects | |
Religion | |
Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Italians, Italian Belgians, Italian Britons, Italian French, Italian Germans, Italian Romanians, Italian Spaniards, Italian Swedes, Italian Swiss, Corfiot Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italians of Crimea, Italians of Odesa |
The number of Italians can only be measured in the number of Italian speakers, people born in Italy and their children, since Finland does not collect statistics on ethnicity.[2]
The "Associazione degli Italiani" in Finland, founded in 1990, operates in Finland as an aggregation society for Italian-Finnish people.[3] Furthermore, the Finland-Italy cultural society operates in Finland, founded in 1963, to increase cultural exchanges between the two cultures.[4]
67% of Italian Finns are male and 33% are female. 51.3% of Italian Finns are employed, 9.5% are unemployed and 39.2% are outside the labour force. There are over 200 Italian students in Finland, and over 160 Italian entrepreneurs.[5] 761 Italian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman.[6]
In 2018:[7]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1980 | 275 | — |
1990 | 475 | +72.7% |
2000 | 958 | +101.7% |
2010 | 1,790 | +86.8% |
2018 | 2,956 | +65.1% |
2021 | 3,395 | +14.9% |
Source: Statistics Finland |
No. | Municipality | Italians | % |
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1. | Helsinki | 1,078 | 0.17 |
2. | Espoo | 336 | 0.12 |
3. | Vantaa | 226 | 0.10 |
4. | Turku | 186 | 0.10 |
5. | Tampere | 163 | 0.07 |
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