Finnish Iranians

Finnish Iranians
Arman Alizad (centre)
Total population
9,137 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Turku, Espoo
Languages
Finnish, Persian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Luri (See languages of Iran)
Religion
Islam 97%, Christianity 2% (Orthodoxy 59%)[2]
Related ethnic groups
Norwegian Iranians, Swedish Iranians, Overseas Iranians

Finnish Iranians are Finns of Iranian heritage.

Migration

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]

Demographics
Iranians by Municipality in 2018[4]
№ Municipality Iranians %
1. Helsinki 1,697 0.26
2. Turku 1,440 0.75
3. Espoo 1,345 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

In January 2018, there was an 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] In August 2019, supporters of the People's Mujahedin of Iran held a protest rally in Finland against Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8][9]

Notable Finnish Iranians

References
  1. "United Nations Population Division | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". www.un.org.
  2. "Persian in Finland". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  3. "Rajavartiosto epäilee: Rikollisjärjestö luuli keksineensä, kuinka Suomeen pääsee laittomasti mobiilisovelluksen avulla – 3 kärähti heti | Yle Uutiset". yle.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  4. "Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Alue, Kansalaisuus, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot-Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat". Pxnet2.stat.fi. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. "Suomessa asuvat iranilaiset vaativat maan johtajien lähtöä ja uskonnon erottamista politiikasta | Yle Uutiset". yle.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  6. "Iranians in Finland protest against Zarif's presence | People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)". english.mojahedin.org. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  7. "Väestö pääasiallisen toiminnan, kansalaisuuden, ammattiaseman, sukupuolen, iän ja vuoden mukaan muuttujina Pääasiallinen toiminta, Kansalaisuus, Ammattiasema, Sukupuoli, Ikä, Vuosi ja Tiedot. PxWeb". pxnet2.stat.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  8. "Perheet muuttujina Miehen syntymävaltio, Vuosi, Perhetyyppi, Naisen ikä ja Tiedot. PxWeb". pxnet2.stat.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  9. "Perheet muuttujina Naisen syntymävaltio, Vuosi, Perhetyyppi, Miehen ikä ja Tiedot. PxWeb". pxnet2.stat.fi. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
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