Vietnamese people in Finland
Total population | |
---|---|
Regions with significant populations | |
Helsinki and Turku[3] | |
Languages | |
Vietnamese, Finnish | |
Religion | |
Mahayana Buddhism[4] and Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese |
Vietnamese people in Finland 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[1], 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.[5]
Religion
The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.[6]
References
Notes
- 1 2 Statistics Finland (2008-03-28). "The largest foreign-language groups 1997 and 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- 1 2 Statistics Finland (2008-04-24). "Foreigners in Finland". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ↑ Kosonen 2008, p. 14
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kosonen 2008, p. 15
- ↑ "Vietnamese of Finland". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
Sources
- Kosonen, Liisa (2008). "Growing Up Vietnamese in Finland: Looking Back 12 Years Later" (PDF). Helsinki: Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki. ISBN 978-952-10-5018-3.
- Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Karmela Liebkind (1990). "Acculturation and Adaptation". Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts: Growing Up in Contemporary Europe. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-8153-2389-1.
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