Vietnamese people in Finland
Người Việt tại Phần Lan
Suomen vietnamilaiset
Total population
  • 12,051[1]
  • 5,630 Vietnamese citizens[2]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, and Tampere[3]
Languages
Vietnamese, Finnish, Swedish
Religion
Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism[4] and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese people in Finland (Vietnamese: Người Việt tại Phần Lan; Finnish: Suomen vietnamilaiset) form one of the country's largest groups of Southeast Asian people. According to Statistics Finland, in 2017 there are 10,817 people with a Vietnamese background, 9,872 people whose mother tongue is Vietnamese,[5] 8,012 people who have been born in Vietnam, and 5,603 people with Vietnamese citizenship[2] residing in Finland. The Vietnamese-Finnish community includes both ethnic Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese.[6]

Demographics

Vietnamese people by Municipality in 2017[7]
№ Municipality Vietnamese  %
1. Helsinki 2,436 0.38
2. Vantaa 1,620 0.74
3. Espoo 1,128 0.41
4. Turku 741 0.39
5. Tampere 522 0.22

Religion

The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.[8]

Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population 31.12. by Area, Background country, Sex, Year and Information-Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  2. 1 2 Statistics Finland (2008-04-24). "Foreigners in Finland". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  3. ↑ Kosonen 2008, p. 14
  4. ↑ Chùa của người Việt ở Phần Lan bị đốt Archived May 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Ngôi chùa Việt đầu tiên ở Phần Lan Archived January 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Statistics Finland (2008-03-28). "The largest foreign-language groups 1997 and 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  6. ↑ Kosonen 2008, p. 15
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Vietnamese of Finland". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2008-10-29.

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