Hungarians in Finland

Hungarians in Finland
Hungary Finland
Total population
3,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Kauhajoki, Espoo, Tampere, Turku, Vantaa
Languages
Hungarian · Finnish
Religion
Christianity (predominantly Catholicism)
Related ethnic groups
Hungarian diaspora

There is a slightly large community of Hungarians in Finland (Hungarian: Finnországi magyarok; Finnish: Suomen unkarilaiset).

History

Prior to the late 1960s, most Hungarians came to Finland due to family, work or cultural and religious reasons. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Finland took some Hungarian refugees from Romania. Since the 1990s, many Hungarians came to Finland as guest workers or exchange students. Before the 1980s, there were only 150 Hungarians in Finland.[2]

In 2014, there were 2,600 people in Finland who spoke Hungarian, some of them coming from Transylvania. In the 2000s, Hungarians were employed by Nokia and in recent years, Hungarians have moved to, among other places, Ostrobothnia to work in the grocery sector. Many of the Hungarian immigrants to Finland have been musicians.[3]

Hungarian organizations in Finland

Bóbita ry is the most active Hungarian organization in Finland, located in the Helsinki region.[4]

Notable Hungarians in Finland

See also: Category:Finnish people of Hungarian descent

See also

References

  1. ^ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". migrationpolicy.org. 10 February 2014.
  2. ^ Straszer, Boglárka (2012). "Hungarians in Finland and Sweden: Comparison of Some Sociocultural and Demographic Factors on Language Choice, Culture and Identity". Finnish Yearbook of Population Research. Vol. XLVII. pp. 5–30. doi:10.23979/fypr.45072. eISSN 1796-6191. ISSN 1796-6183.
  3. ^ "Unkarilaiset siirtolaiset kautta aikain - Osa 1/5". 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Bóbita Egyesület". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2020-01-18.