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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.

Migration[edit]

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[edit]

Iranians by Municipality in 2018[4]
Municipality Iranians %
1. Helsinki 1,169 0.26
2. Turku 1020 0.65
3. Espoo 834 0.47
4. Tampere 704 0.30
5. Vantaa 564 0.25
6. Jyväskylä 415 0.29
7. Vaasa 309 0.46
8. Oulu 199 0.10
9. Lahti 174 0.15
10. Lappeenranta 112 0.15

55.9% of Finnish Iranians are male and 44.1% are female.

Society[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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