Portuguese in Denmark
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| Total population | |
| 4,476[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Danish, Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Portuguese people, Portuguese in Finland, Portuguese in Iceland, Portuguese in Norway, Portuguese in Sweden |
Portuguese in Denmark (Danish: portugisisk i Danmark) are citizens and residents of Denmark and its dependencies who are of Portuguese descent.
Portuguese in Denmark (also known as Portuguese Danes/ Danish-Portuguese Community or, in Portuguese, known as Portugueses na Dinamarca / Comunidade portuguesa na Dinamarca / Luso-dinamarqueses) are the citizens or residents of Denmark whose ethnic origins lie in Portugal.
Portuguese Danes are Portuguese-born citizens with a Danish citizenship or Danish-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship.
There are approximately 4,476 Portuguese people living in Denmark as of 2021. They represent 0.08% of the country's population.[2][3]
The Portuguese community in the country has experienced considerable growth, especially after Brexit. Portuguese emigrants are in fact leaving the United Kingdom for Nordic countries: most of them are highly qualified and aged between 20 and 40, looking for better quality of life and economic stability.[4][5] Portuguese emigration towards Denmark didn't slow down even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
There are also Portuguese living in territories of the Danish Realm other than metropolitan Denmark: in 2023 there were 8 Portuguese-born residents in Faroe Islands and 10 in Greenland.[7][8]
Footballers
In recent years many Portuguese international footballers have moved to Denmark to play for Danish clubs. In 2023 these included: Carlos Ferreira (in the Faroe Islands, Skála ÍF), André Monteiro (Vejle), Anderson Rosso de Sena (Brabrand), Pedro Ferreira (AaB) and Diogo Gonçalves (Copenhagen).[9][10][11]
Remittances
The Portuguese community in Denmark retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent approximately 92.84 million euros (€) to Portugal in remittances. In the same timeframe, Danes in Portugal (numbering around 1,600 individuals)[12] have sent approximately 11.13 million euros (€) to Denmark.[13]
Portuguese language
As of today, the Portuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Denmark, comprising around 720 people from PALOP countries (the overwhelming majority being from Angola or from Mozambique), Timor-Leste or Macau and 5,800 Brazilians.[14]
People from CPLP countries thus number around 11,000 people, accounting for 0.19% of the population of Denmark.[3] Despite being small, the immigrant community of people coming from CPLP countries in Denmark is quite visible when compared to the ones in other Nordic countries: in Finland there are a little more than 5,000 CPLP nationals (0.09% of the country's population),[15][16] in Iceland there are around 2,000 CPLP nationals (0.52% of the country's population),[17][18][19][20][21] while in Norway there are around 25,300 CPLP nationals (0.38% of the population)[22][18][23][24] and in Sweden 26,700 (0.25% of the population).[25][26][18][27]
