Italians in Finland
Finnish citizens of Italian descent
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Italian Finns (Italian: italo-finlandesi; Finnish: Suomenitalialaiset) are Finnish-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Finland during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Finland.
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| Total population | |
| 3,510[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Tampere | |
| Languages | |
| Finnish · Italian and Italian dialects | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Belgians, Italian Britons, Italian French, Italian Germans, Italian Romanians, Italian Spaniards, Italian Swedes, Italian Swiss, Corfiot Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italians of Crimea, Italians of Odesa |
Characteristics
The number of Italians can only be measured in the number of Italian speakers, people born in Italy and their children, since Finland does not collect statistics on ethnicity.[2]
The "Associazione degli Italiani" in Finland, founded in 1990, operates in Finland as an aggregation society for Italian-Finnish people.[3] Furthermore, the Finland-Italy cultural society operates in Finland, founded in 1963, to increase cultural exchanges between the two cultures.[4]
Demographics
67% of Italian Finns are male and 33% are female. 51.3% of Italian Finns are employed, 9.5% are unemployed and 39.2% are outside the labour force. There are over 200 Italian students in Finland, and over 160 Italian entrepreneurs.[5] 761 Italian men are in a registered relationship with a Finnish woman.[6]
In 2018:[7]
- 1,133 Finns had a dual Italian citizenship
- 2,441 Finns had an Italian background
- 2,709 Finns had an Italian citizenship
- 2,857 Finns spoke Italian as their native language
- 2,956 Finns were born in Italy
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 275 | — |
| 1990 | 475 | +72.7% |
| 2000 | 958 | +101.7% |
| 2010 | 1,790 | +86.8% |
| 2018 | 2,956 | +65.1% |
| 2021 | 3,395 | +14.9% |
| Source: Statistics Finland | ||
Notable people
- Marco Matrone, footballer
- Matias Maccelli, ice hockey player
- Charles Bassi, architect
- Lauri Dalla Valle, former footballer
- Marco Parnela, former footballer
- Antonio Inutile, footballer
- Anna Falchi, model and actress
- Marco Casagrande, architect
- Manuela Bosco, actress
- Clara Petrozzi, violist
- Monica Sileoni, retired artistic gymnast
- Janna Hurmerinta, singer
- Maarit Hurmerinta, singer and musician
- Andreas Bernard, ice hockey goaltender
- Eugenio Giraldoni, operatic baritone
- Sara Negri, mathematical logician
- Egle Oddo, visual artist
