African diaspora in Finland

African diaspora in Finland
Total population
At least 57,496[a]
(1.0% of the population of Finland in 2020)[b]
Regions with significant populations
Mostly in Uusimaa (Helsinki (Kallahti), Espoo, Vantaa), Turku, Vaasa and Porvoo
Languages
Numerous;

The African diaspora in Finland (Finnish: afrikkalaisten diaspora Suomessa) refers to the residents of Finland of full or partial African ancestry, mostly from Sub-Saharan Africa. According to Statistics Finland, the total number of people in Finland with a close African background[a] (Africans in Finland; Suomen afrikkalaiset) was 57,496 in 2020.[3]

The distinct adjacent term Afro-Finns (afrosuomalaiset), also referred to as Black Finns (mustat suomalaiset),[4][5][6][7] can be used for Finns whose lineages are fully or partly in the populations of Sub-Saharan Africa ("Black Africa").[8][9] Afro-Finns have lived in Finland since the 19th century, and in 2009, according to Yle, there were an estimated 20,000 Afro-Finns in Finland.[10]

History

Corporal Holger Sonntag in 1944

Finns reacted to the first Africans in Finland with curiosity and amazement.[11] During the 19th century, there were some Africans from the Americas who worked as servants for wealthy Russians in the Grand Duchy of Finland.[4] The first known African who received Finnish citizenship was Rosa Lemberg who came to Finland from Ovamboland in 1888 and received Finnish citizenship in 1899.[12][13]

Between the 1900s and the 1970s, the few Africans in Finland were mostly either students (for example from Nigeria and Ethiopia), political exiles from South Africa or people married to Finns.[4] In World War II (1939–1945), there were some Afro-Finnish soldiers, and among them were Private 1st Class Rudolf Prüss [fi], who served as a ski patrol leader in the Karelian Isthmus and was killed in the Winter War, and Corporal Holger Sonntag, who was of African-American and German descent and served as a driver in both the Winter War and Continuation War.[14]

In 1990, during the Somali Civil War, the first Somali refugees arrived in Finland.[15][16] After that, due to their high total fertility rate and the high number of Somali family reunifications, quota refugees and asylum seekers, they rapidly became the largest African group in Finland.[17][18] During the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Finland, most of the Sierra Leone national under-17 football team's players defected to Finland due to their country's poor conditions after a civil war that had ended a year earlier.[19]

Nowadays most people of African ancestry come to Finland from Africa, but many have also come from the United States, Latin America and other European countries. Especially Americans and British people of African ancestry have moved to Finland, mostly through marriage.[20]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19901,720—    
19957,831+355.3%
200011,802+50.7%
200517,793+50.8%
201029,041+63.2%
201542,689+47.0%
201646,113+8.0%
201748,749+5.7%
201851,645+5.9%
201954,450+5.4%
202057,496+5.6%
Source: Statistics Finland[3]

As of 31 December 2020, according to Statistics Finland, the total number of people in Finland with a close African background[a] is 57,496, which is 1.0% of the population of Finland.[b] 47,041 (81.8%) of them are from Sub-Saharan Africa.[c] 32,511 (56.5%) of them are men, while 24,985 (43.5%) are women.[3]

Countries of origin

Origins of people with a close African background[a][3]
Country Population (1990) Population (2020)
Total 1,720 57,496
 Somalia 49 22,534
 Nigeria 89 4,150
 DR Congo 6 3,965
 Morocco 395 3,899
 Ethiopia 108 2,967
 Ghana 67 2,479
 Sudan 11 2,013
 Kenya 71 1,845
 Egypt 195 1,683
 Cameroon 4 1,641
 Algeria 210 1,437
 Eritrea 1 1,288
 The Gambia 23 1,207
 Tunisia 145 1,128
 Angola 3 678
 Tanzania 56 622
 South Africa 54 516
 Uganda 7 377
 Rwanda 2 360
 Libya 19 295
 Senegal 10 271
 Zambia 27 258
 Liberia 6 187
 Sierra Leone 20 186
 Republic of the Congo 17 172
 Ivory Coast 12 169
 Namibia 66 151
 Zimbabwe 7 143
 Guinea 4 141
 Burundi 3 140
 Togo 3 110
 Mozambique 5 68
 Mauritius 12 50
 Burkina Faso 0 33
 Mauritania 0 32
 Benin 1 29
 Niger 1 29
 Mali 3 28
 Djibouti 0 27
 Malawi 2 26
 Madagascar 0 21
 Botswana 0 18
 Gabon 0 17
 Central African Republic 0 16
 Equatorial Guinea 0 16
 South Sudan N/A[d] 16
 Cape Verde 2 14
 Guinea-Bissau 0 14
 Comoros 1 8
 Eswatini 1 8
 Chad 2 7
 Seychelles 0 7
 Lesotho 0 0
 São Tomé and Príncipe 0 0

Countries with a significant African diaspora

The following countries outside Africa have a majority population of Afro-descendants (90% or more of the country's total population)[21] and, as of 31 December 2020, a total of 127 expatriates or close descendants[e] in Finland:[3]

African languages

Speakers of languages of African origin[22]
Language Speakers (2020)
Total 36,150
Somali 22,794
Swahili 2,560
Amharic 1,662
Tigrinya 1,662
Kinyarwanda 1,226
Yoruba 1,044
Igbo 938
Lingala 929
Twi 670
Akan 487
Wolof 336
Kikuyu 282
Hausa 223
Fula 174
Oromo 174
Kongo 156
Luganda 137
Afrikaans 119
Ewe 118
Shona 71
Chewa 69
Kirundi 67
Afar 52
Luba-Katanga 52
Ndonga 49
Bambara 17
Zulu 16
Malagasy 11
Tswana 10
Sango 9
Northern Ndebele 8
Kwanyama 5
Kanuri 4
Southern Sotho 4
Swazi 4
Herero 3
Southern Ndebele 3
Xhosa 3
Venda 2

Distribution

Ten largest populations of people with a close African background[a] by municipality[3]
No. Municipality Population (2020) %
1. Helsinki 22,138 3.4%
2. Espoo 7,737 2.6%
3. Vantaa 7,520 3.2%
4. Turku 3,370 1.7%
5. Tampere 2,319 1.0%
6. Oulu 1,689 0.8%
7. Vaasa 1,474 2.2%
8. Jyväskylä 1,023 0.7%
9. Lahti 748 0.6%
10. Kuopio 552 0.5%

In Kallahti, a neighborhood of Helsinki, 9.8% of the population consists of Africans.[23][full citation needed]

On 31 December 2020, the region with the most people with a close African background[a] was Uusimaa with 39,987 people (2.4% of the region's total population), which is 69.6% of their total population in Finland.[24]

Citizenships

On 31 December 2020, there were 19,544 people who had dual citizenship of Finland and an African country.[25]

Citizens of African countries who received Finnish citizenship by year:[26]

  • 1990 – 70
  • 1991 – 101
  • 1992 – 104
  • 1993 – 67
  • 1994 – 56
  • 1995 – 81
  • 1996 – 120
  • 1997 – 180
  • 1998 – 788
  • 1999 – 1,365
  • 2000 – 522
  • 2001 – 406
  • 2002 – 419
  • 2003 – 403
  • 2004 – 426
  • 2005 – 605
  • 2006 – 658
  • 2007 – 671
  • 2008 – 891
  • 2009 – 466
  • 2010 – 368
  • 2011 – 400
  • 2012 – 1,559
  • 2013 – 1,923
  • 2014 – 1,750
  • 2015 – 1,946
  • 2016 – 2,137
  • 2017 – 2,448
  • 2018 – 1,904
  • 2019 – 1,499
  • 2020 – 1,250

People born in Africa who received Finnish citizenship by year:[27]

  • 1990 – 37
  • 1991 – 87
  • 1992 – 86
  • 1993 – 42
  • 1994 – 58
  • 1995 – 78
  • 1996 – 117
  • 1997 – 175
  • 1998 – 559
  • 1999 – 829
  • 2000 – 332
  • 2001 – 275
  • 2002 – 306
  • 2003 – 290
  • 2004 – 329
  • 2005 – 387
  • 2006 – 397
  • 2007 – 426
  • 2008 – 627
  • 2009 – 329
  • 2010 – 279
  • 2011 – 297
  • 2012 – 1,043
  • 2013 – 1,344
  • 2014 – 1,350
  • 2015 – 1,447
  • 2016 – 1,590
  • 2017 – 1,844
  • 2018 – 1,480
  • 2019 – 1,231
  • 2020 – 972

Asylum seekers

1990–2013

From 1990 to 2013, a total of 14,481 African citizens sought asylum in Finland, which was 22.4% out of the total of 64,536 asylum seekers. African asylum seekers by country of citizenship:

There were not asylum seekers from Cape Verde, the Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe or Seychelles.[28]

2015–2020

From January 2015 to August 2020, there were a total of 7,935 African citizens who sought asylum in Finland; 14.6% out of the total of 54,520 asylum seekers. African asylum seekers by country of citizenship:

There were not asylum seekers from Botswana, Djibouti, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe or Seychelles.[29]

Adoptions

From 1987 to 2019, a total of 911 people were adopted from Africa to Finland. 843 (92.5%) of them were from the countries of South Africa (508, 55.8%), Ethiopia (287, 31.5%) and Kenya (48, 5.3%).[30]

Adoptees from Africa by year:[30]

  • 1987 – 11
  • 1988 – 19
  • 1989 – 5
  • 1990 – 9
  • 1991 – 12
  • 1992 – 12
  • 1993 – 16
  • 1994 – 19
  • 1995 – 14
  • 1996 – 11
  • 1997 – 13
  • 1998 – 15
  • 1999 – 14
  • 2000 – 22
  • 2001 – 11
  • 2002 – 28
  • 2003 – 28
  • 2004 – 30
  • 2005 – 35
  • 2006 – 34
  • 2007 – 44
  • 2008 – 48
  • 2009 – 66
  • 2010 – 53
  • 2011 – 71
  • 2012 – 48
  • 2013 – 43
  • 2014 – 47
  • 2015 – 41
  • 2016 – 16
  • 2017 – 30
  • 2018 – 20
  • 2019 – 26

Marriages and cohabitation

On 31 December 2020, there were 4,589 Finnish citizens who were either married to or registered as cohabiting with citizens of African countries. 2,809 (61.2%) of the Finnish citizens were women and 1,780 (38.8%) were men; for both sexes the largest groups of partners were Somalian, Moroccan and Nigerian citizens. The next largest groups for Finnish women were Gambian and Ghanaian citizens, and for Finnish men Ethiopian and Kenyan citizens.[31][32] On the same date, there were 4,725 African-born people who were either married to or registered as cohabiting with people born in Finland; 3,718 (78.7%) of the people born in Finland were women, while 1,007 (21.3%) were men.[33][34]

Afro-Finnish identity, culture and media

According to an estimate in 2009 by Yle, there are 20,000 Afro-Finns in Finland, and thus, they compose a much larger ethnic minority than many other prominent large minorities in Finland, such as the Sami or Romani. The identity of Afro-Finns varies; some consider themselves Finns, while others have their own separate identity.[10] Some actively cherish their connections to Africa through their African relatives and cultures, while for others their connections to Africa are more distant but still relevant to them.[20]

In 2013, the dance performance Noir? by Sonya Lindfors [fi] became the first fully Afro-Finnish dance performance when it premiered at Zodiak – Center for New Dance [fi] in Helsinki.[35] Held annually since 2018, the Afrofinns Achievement Awards—presented by Afrofinns ry, an organization for "Finns and everyone else with African heritage living in Finland"—acknowledges, honors and celebrates the contribution of the Afro-community in Finland.[36][37][38][39] In 2020, Kelly Kalonji [fi], Miss Helsinki [fi] 2013 and celebrity, and Obi-West Utchaychukwu, the editor-in-chief of Diaspora Glitz Magazine, founded the beauty pageant The Face of African Queen for young women of African ancestry living in Finland.[40][41]

Established in 1993, the magazine SCANDI-B was targeted to Black people in the Nordic countries. Printed in Raisio, Finland, it had a circulation of 7,000 in 1993 with Lammin Sullay [fi] as the editor-in-chief.[42] In 2010, Yle broadcast the three-episode documentary television series Afro-Suomen historia ("The history of Afro-Finland") about early Afro-Finns.[6][10] The multimedia Ruskeat Tytöt [fi] ("Brown Girls") focuses on Afro-Finns and other people of colour in Finland.[43][44][45] Its six-episode Afrosuomen historiaa etsimässä ("In search of history of Afro-Finland") podcast's first episode was broadcast on Radio Helsinki [fi] in 2017.[5] The Afro-Finnish Diaspora Glitz Magazine won the category of Best Media at the 2019 Afrofinns Achievement Awards.[46]

Racism

See also: Racism in Finland

During the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, some warned Finnish women against taking an interest in "exotic" athletes and pressured Finnish women to "act appropriately" within the vicinity of black people, "neekerit".[11] The Finnish word neekeri (cognate with negro) was long considered a neutral equivalent for "negro". In 2002, the usage notes of neekeri shifted from "perceived as derogatory by some" to "generally derogatory" in the dictionary Kielitoimiston sanakirja, edited by the Institute for the Languages of Finland.[47]

Nationwide racism started to grow after the first Somali refugees arrived in Finland in the 1990s during the Somali Civil War. Finnish skinheads perpetrated attacks against Africans, and especially the city of Joensuu in eastern Finland grew to be an infamous center of racism [fi]. In the municipality of Nastola in southern Finland, the police had to protect the local refugee center from the violence of the locals, as they committed a shooting. Other incidents included a bomb that detonated in a refugee center in Valkeala, a municipality in southeast Finland, and an attack by skinheads against Somalis in Hakunila, Vantaa, in southern Finland.[6]

In the late 20th century and the 21st century, some ethnic Finnish women married to or cohabiting with younger black men have faced discrimination as they are sometimes stereotyped as sex tourists in Finnish society.[48][49][50][51][52]

According to the study "Being Black in the EU" by the Fundamental Rights Agency published in 2018, 63% of Afro-Finns in Finland had experienced racist harassment, which had appeared as offensive gestures, comments, threats or violence. This was the highest percentage of the twelve European Union member states[h] that were included in the study, much higher than for example in Malta which was 20%. 14% stated they had experienced violence in Finland due to their skin colour, which also was the highest of the participating countries, much higher than in, for example, Portugal where 2% had experienced similar violence.[53][54]

A report published in 2020 by the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman [fi] found that four out of five people with an African background had experienced racial discrimination in Finland due to their skin colour.[55]

Notable people

Citizens and residents of Finland of full or partial African ancestry

See also categories: Finnish people of African ancestry, Expatriates in Finland (African country subcategories) and Immigrants to Finland (African country subcategories)

Actors

  • Fathi Ahmed (born 1991), actor and stand-up comedian of Somali descent[i][56][57][58]
  • Alain Azerot [fi], French Guianan-Martiniquais actor
  • Celin El Azizi [fi], half-Moroccan[j] actress[59][60][61]
  • Caron Barnes [fi] (born 1961), British-born actress, singer and model of Jamaican descent
  • Aaron Bojang [fi] (born 2001/2002), actor of African ancestry[62][63]
  • Sofia Bryant [fi] (born 1999), actress of African-American descent[j][64][65][66]
  • Billy Carson (actor) (born 1955), American-born African-American actor and drummer[67]
  • Henry Hanikka [fi] (born 1964), half-Kenyan[j] actor[68]
  • Pearl Hobson (1879–1919), American-born African-American actress, singer, dancer and cabaret artist in the Russian Empire
  • Amira Khalifa [fi] (born 1974), half-Chadian[j] actress
  • Ernest Lawson [fi] (born 1988), half-Togolese[j] actor[69]
  • Matti Leino [fi] (born 1987), half-Kenyan[j] actor
  • Kaisla Löyttyjärvi [fi] (born 1972), half-Cameroonian[j] actress
  • Chike Ohanwe [fi] (born 1989), half-Nigerian[j] actor
  • Diana Tenkorang [fi] (born 1989), Ghanaian-born actress
  • Senna Vodzogbe [fi], half-Ghanaian[j] actress
  • Sue Willberg [fi], Costa Rican-born actress[70][71]

Artists

  • Sasha Huber (born 1975), Swiss-born artist of Haitian descent[72]
  • Ervin Latimer [fi] (born 1988), fashion designer of African-American descent[j][73][74][75][76]
  • Howard Smith [fi] (1928–2021), American-born African-American visual artist and designer[77]

Beauty pageant contestants

  • Sofia Belórf [fi] (born 1990), half-Moroccan[j] Miss Helsinki [fi] 2010[78]
  • Sara Chafak (born 1990), half-Moroccan-Berber[j] Miss Finland 2012
  • Kelly Kalonji [fi] (born 1987), Congolese-born (DRC) Miss Helsinki 2013 and celebrity[79][80][81]
  • Dana Mononen (born 1999/2000), half-Guadeloupean[j] Miss World Finland 2019[82][83]
  • Lola Odusoga (born 1977), half-Nigerian[j] model, presenter and Miss Finland 1996

Dancers

  • Sonya Lindfors [fi] (born 1985), half-Cameroonian[j] dancer and choreographer[84]
  • Esete Sutinen [fi], Ethiopian-born dancer[85]

Entrepreneurs

  • Soraya Bahgat, social entrepreneur of Egyptian descent[i]
  • Mohamed el-Fatatry [fi] (born 1984), Emirati-born entrepreneur of Egyptian descent
  • Mateus Tembe [fi] (born 1974), Mozambican-born entrepreneur and director

Film people

  • Khadar Ahmed (born 1981), Somalian-born screenwriter and film director
  • Jessie Chisi (born 1986/1987), Zambian-born film director and screenwriter[86][87][88]
  • Ali Lacheb [fi] (born 1956), Algerian-born documentary film director

Journalists

  • Linus Atarah [fi], Ghanaian-born journalist
  • Jesca Muyingo [fi] (born 1975), half-Ugandan[j] journalist
  • Sean Ricks [fi] (born 1983/1984), television journalist of African-American descent[j][89]
  • Minna Salami (born 1978), half-Nigerian[j] journalist[90][91]

Musicians

  • Adi L Hasla [fi] (born 1992), half-Moroccan[j] hip hop musician
  • Abdissa Assefa [fi] (born 1973), Ethiopian-born drummer and percussionist
  • Tidjân Ba [fi] (born 1978), half-Senegalese[j] singer and actor
  • Eric Bibb (born 1951), American-born African-American blues musician[92]
  • Bizi [fi] (born 1993/1994), half-Nigerian[j] hip hop musician[93][94]
  • Eddie Boyd (1914–1994), American-born African-American blues pianist and singer
  • Daco Junior (born 1990), Angolan-born musician[95][96]
  • Raymond Ebanks (born 1970), half-Jamaican[j] musician
  • Michael Ekeghasi (born 1985), Nigerian-born singer-songwriter[97][98]
  • Lee Gaines (1914–1987), American-born African-American jazz singer
  • Gracias [fi] (born 1987), Congolese-born (DRC) rapper
  • Ikenna "Ike" Ikegwuonu [fi] (born 1988), singer and footballer of Nigerian descent[i][99][100]
  • Jedidi [fi] (born 1995), half-Tunisian[j] DJ and hip hop musician
  • Juno (born 1987), half-Kenyan[j] rapper
  • KANI [fi] (born 1994), musician of Somalian descent[i]
  • Noah Kin (born 1994), Norwegian-born half-Nigerian[j] rapper
  • Kingfish [fi] (born 1991/1992), rapper of Somalian descent[i][101]
  • George Kings [fi] (born 1953), Ghanaian-born musician and sex offender
  • Mad Ice (born 1980), Ugandan-born singer-songwriter
  • Mouhamadou L. Malang Cissokho [fi] (born 1962), Senegalese-born musician
  • Jesse Markin [fi] (born 1985), Liberian-born musician[102]
  • Rummy Nanji, Tanzanian-born singer known from the Finnish band Mighty 44 [fi][103]
  • James Nikander (born 1990), half-Tanzanian[k] rapper, bodybuilder and Internet personality
  • Norlan "El Misionario" [fi] (born late 1970s), Cuban-born musician[104]
  • OX (born 1975), half-Egyptian[j] bass guitarist
  • Pajafella [fi] (born 1992), rapper of Gambian descent[105][106]
  • Pete Parkkonen (born 1990), singer of partial Martiniquais descent[j][107]
  • PastoriPike [fi] (born 1987), Congolese-born rapper[108]
  • Prinssi Jusuf [fi] (born 1990), Ethiopian-born rapper
  • Ismaila Sané (born 1956), Senegalese-born musician
  • Jackson Shuudifonya (born 1985), musician of Namibian descent, known from the Finnish band INDX [fi][109][110]
  • T.L, half-Jamaican[j] musician known from the Finnish band TCT[111]
  • Mike Thomas [fi] (born 1950), Jamaican-born reggae musician
  • Tiahu, half-Jamaican[j] musician known from the Finnish band TCT[111]
  • Toinen Kadunpoika [fi] (born 1990), Angolan-born rapper
  • Ville Eetvartti [fi], singer-songwriter of partial Martiniquais descent[j][107]
  • Mirel Wagner (born 1987), Ethiopian-born singer-songwriter
  • Nicole Willis (born 1963), American-born African-American singer, songwriter and painter
  • Yasmine Yamajako (born 1990/1991), half-Beninese[j] singer[112]
  • Rebekka Yeboah [fi] (born 1996), half-Ghanaian[j] rapper[113][114][115][116]

Politicians

Scientists

  • Moncef Gabbouj [fi] (born 1962), Tunisian-born professor
  • Kelsey Harrison (born 1933), Nigerian-born gynaecologist and researcher[122]
  • Eugene Holman (born 1945), American-born African-American linguist and actor
  • Mulki Mölsä [fi] (born 1958), Somalian-born physician and researcher[123]

Sportspeople

  • Iikka Alingué [fi] (born 1999), half-Chadian[j] long jumper and triple jumper[124][125]
  • Amin Asikainen (born 1976), half-Moroccan[j] boxer
  • Semir Ben-Amor (born 1982), half-Tunisian[j] ice hockey player
  • Josef Boumedienne (born 1978), half-Algerian[j] ice hockey player
  • Kennedy Charicha [fi] (born 1996), South Sudanese-born long-distance runner
  • Amira Chokairy [fi] (born 1995), half-Moroccan[j] sprinter[126]
  • Pierre Collura (born 1989), Malagasy-born sailor
  • Seppo Evwaraye (born 1982), half-Nigerian[j] former player of American football[127]
  • Christopher Gibson (born 1992), half-Saint Lucian[j] ice hockey goaltender
  • Sonia Grönroos [fi] (born 1984), half-Algerian[j] boxer
  • Jimmy Hernandez [fi] (born 1982), Cuban-born volleyball player
  • Bernard Isiguzo [fi] (born 1999), half-Nigerian[j] ice hockey player
  • Mimosa Jallow (born 1994), half-Gambian[j] swimmer[128]
  • Rachel Kauppila [fi] (born 1981/1982), Ethiopian-born exercise instructor[129]
  • Francis Kirwa (born 1974), Kenyan-born long-distance runner
  • Wilson Kirwa (born 1974), Kenyan-born runner and writer
  • Stefan Koivikko [fi] (born 1975), half-Nigerian[j] sprinter
  • Billy Konchellah (born 1961), Kenyan-born middle-distance runner
  • Lewis Korir [fi] (born 1986), Kenyan-born long-distance runner
  • Frantz Kruger (born 1975), White South African-born discus thrower
  • Matti Lamberg (born 1993), half-Moroccan-Berber[j] ice hockey player
  • Dayron Lester [fi] (born 1986), Cuban-born boxer
  • Faye Njie (born 1993), half-Gambian[j] judoka
  • Kimmo Obiora [fi] (born 1975), half-Nigerian[j] karateka
  • Joonas Oden [fi] (born 2000), ice hockey player of African-American descent[j][130][131]
  • Markus Oden [fi] (born 2001), ice hockey player of African-American descent[j][130][131]
  • Seyi Omojuwa [fi] (born 1985), Nigerian-born sprinter
  • Michael Quarshie (born 1979), half-Ghanaian[j] player of American football
  • Willy Rotich [fi] (born 1976), Kenyan-born long-distance runner
  • Amina Saada [fi] (born 1989), half-Algerian[j] hammer thrower[132]
  • Nourdeen Toure [fi] (born 1991), Togolese-born boxer and Refugee Man of the Year [fi] for 2019[133]
  • Frank Zoko Ble (born 1975), Ivorian-born murderer and former karateka
Basketball players
  • Fiifi Aidoo (born 1996), Ghanaian-born basketball player
  • Nanayaw Awuah-Addae [fi] (born 1984), Ghanaian-born basketball player
  • Sara Bejedi [Wikidata] (born 2000), basketball player of Cameroonian-Moroccan descent[i][134][135][136]
  • Kwamena Brace [fi] (born 1987), half-Ghanaian[j] basketball player[137]
  • Aubrey Conerly [fi] (born 1983), American-born African-American basketball player[138]
  • Krista Gross [fi] (born 1990), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Bernard Harris (born 1950), American-born African-American basketball coach and former basketball player
  • Garcia Hopkins [fi] (born 1958), American-born African-American former basketball player
  • Shawn Hopkins [fi] (born 1995), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Leon Huff [fi] (born 1950), American-born African-American basketball coach and former basketball player
  • Shawn Huff (born 1984), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Pierre Jallow (born 1979), Gambian-born basketball player
  • Greg Joyner [fi] (born 1957), American-born African-American basketball coach and former basketball player
  • Awak Kuier (born 2001), Egyptian-born basketball player of South Sudanese descent[139][140][141]
  • Cedric Latimer [fi] (born 1987), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Ervin Latimer [fi] (born 1952), American-born African-American entrepreneur and former basketball player
  • Gerald Lee Jr. (born 1987), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Gerald Lee Sr. [fi] (born 1951), American-born African-American basketball coach and former basketball player
  • La Trice Little [fi] (born 1979), American-born African-American former basketball player
  • Jonathan Moore (born 1957), American-born African-American former basketball player
  • Marcel Moore [fi] (born 1994), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Michaela Moua (born 1976), half-Ivorian[j] former basketball player[142]
  • Anissa Pounds [fi] (born 1992), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Dionne Pounds [fi] (born 1984), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Larry Pounds [fi] (born 1953), American-born African-American basketball coach and former basketball player
  • Michael Pounds [fi] (born 1988), basketball player of African-American descent[j]
  • Maurizio Pratesi [fi] (born 1975), half-Jamaican[j] former basketball player[143]
  • Damon Williams (born 1973), American-born African-American basketball player
  • Jamar Wilson (born 1984), American-born African-American basketball player
Footballers

Writers

  • Ronald Fair (1932–2018), American-born African-American writer and sculptor
  • Nura Farah [fi] (born 1979), Somalian-born writer
  • Ranya Paasonen [fi] (born 1974), half-Egyptian[j] writer

Others

  • Farhia Abdi (born 1972/1973), Somalian-born Refugee Woman of the Year [fi] for 2020[177][178]
  • Maryan Abdulkarim [fi] (born 1982), Somalian-born activist
  • Aki Abiodun (born 1971), half-Nigerian[j] contestant on the Finnish version of Big Brother and presenter[179][180]
  • Ujuni Ahmed (born 1987), Somalian-born activist[181][182][183][184]
  • François Bazaramba (born 1951), Rwandan-born criminal who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Finland for participating in the Rwandan genocide
  • Rosa Clay (1875–1959), half-Bantu teacher, choral conductor and theatre director from Ovamboland[12]
  • Dosdela [fi] (born 1993), media personality, YouTuber and musician of Somalian descent[i][185][186]
  • Abdiqadir Osman Hussein [fi] (born 1974), Somalian-born murderer and sex offender
  • Tea Khalifa [fi] (born 1977), half-Chadian[j] presenter[179]
  • Langry [fi] (born 1940), Moroccan-born circus performer
  • Esther Leander [fi] (born 1970), Kenyan-born project manager and Refugee Woman of the Year for 1999
  • Gibril Massaquoi (born 1970), Sierra Leonean-born detainee
  • Amran Mohamed Ahmed (born 1954), Somalian-born Refugee Woman of the Year for 2005[187]
  • Saido Mohamed [fi] (born 1974), Somalian-born Refugee Woman of the Year for 2011
  • Michele Murphy-Kaulanen (born 1980), celebrity of African-American descent[j] and the wife of Sampo Kaulanen, a celebrity and the manager of Jounin Kauppa[188][189]
  • Rudolf Prüss [fi] (1903–1940), Latvian-born soldier of African ancestry
  • Nimo Samatar (born 1995), contestant on the Finnish version of Big Brother and blogger of Somalian descent[i][190][191][192]
  • Seksikäs-Suklaa [fi] (born 1992), Angolan-born media personality, YouTuber, presenter and musician
  • Steven Thomas (born 1961), American-born African-American sex offender
  • Leyla Väänänen (born 1992), half-Somalian[k] contestant on the Finnish version of Big Brother[193][194]
  • Fatima Verwijnen [fi] (born 1993/1994), half-Somalian[j] human rights activist[195][196][197]

People of the Finnish diaspora with African ancestry

This list is for notable people of African ancestry who also belong to the Finnish diaspora (i.e. Finnish emigrants and their descendants) but do not hold Finnish citizenship. Many of them maintain their ties to Finland.

Germany

  • Misan Haldin (born 1982), half-Nigerian[j] former basketball player
  • Roli-Ann Neubauer [de] (born 1984), half-Nigerian[j] basketball player

Sweden

See also: Sweden Finns

United Kingdom

United States

See also: Finnish Americans

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f I.e., according to Statistics Finland, people in Finland:
     • whose both parents are African-born,
     • or whose only known parent was born in Africa,
     • or who were born in Africa and whose parents' countries of birth are unknown.[1]
    Thus, for example, people with one Finnish parent and one African parent or people with more distant African ancestry are not included in this country-based non-ethnic figure.
    Also, African-born adoptees' backgrounds are determined by their adoptive parents, not by their biological parents.[1]
  2. ^ a b The population of Finland was 5,533,793 on 31 December 2020.[2]
  3. ^ I.e., all other African countries but Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.
  4. ^ South Sudan was not independent in 1990; see the number of Sudan.
  5. ^ I.e., according to Statistics Finland, people in Finland:
     • whose both parents are born in those countries,
     • or whose only known parent was born in those countries,
     • or who were born in those countries and whose parents' countries of birth are unknown.[1]
    Thus, for example, people with one Finnish parent and one parent from those countries or people with more distant ancestry from those countries are not included in this country-based non-ethnic figure.
    Also, adoptees born in those countries have their backgrounds determined by their adoptive parents, not by their biological parents.[1]
  6. ^ It is not specified in the source to what "Congo" (Kongo) refers to, but it could possibly refer to any of the following four countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, People's Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo or Zaire.
  7. ^ Literally "People's Democratic Republic of the Congo" in the source, but such country has never existed. It could possibly refer to the People's Republic of the Congo.
  8. ^ Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Ancestry; born in Finland.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df On their father's side; ethnic Finnish descent on the mother's side.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g On their mother's side; ethnic Finnish descent on the father's side.

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