Portuguese in Sweden
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| Total population | |
| 5,033[1] 0.05% of the Swedish population (2020) | |
| Languages | |
| Swedish, Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Portuguese people, Portuguese in Denmark, Portuguese in Finland, Portuguese in Iceland, Portuguese in Norway |
Portuguese in Sweden (Swedish: Svensksportugiser) are citizens and residents of Sweden who are of Portuguese descent.
Portuguese Swedes are Portuguese-born citizens with a Swedish citizenship or Swedish-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship.
There are approximately 5,033 Portuguese people living in Sweden as of 2022. The Portuguese represent 0.05% of the country's population.[2]
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.[3] The influx of Portuguese migrants towards the country is steadily increasing and there are 5 Portuguese associations in the country.[4][5][6][7] Both countries are EU and NATO members.
Footballers
In recent years many Portuguese international footballers have moved to Sweden to play for Swedish clubs. In 2023 these included: Ieltsin Camões (IK Brage), Filipe Sissé (Varbergs BoIS), Mamadu Djau (Örebro), Luís Canina (IFK Luleå) and Kevin Cerqueira (BK Häcken).[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Remittances
The Portuguese community in Sweden retains strong ties with its homeland and, between 2000 and 2021, it has sent about 162.5 million euros (€) to Portugal in remittances. In the same timeframe, Swedes in Portugal (numbering around 5,700 individuals)[14] have sent approximately 19.81 million euros to Sweden.[15]
Portuguese language
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the Portuguese are part of a wider Portuguese-speaking community in Sweden, comprising around 1,920 people from PALOP countries (the majority being from Angola or from Cape Verde), Timor-Leste and Macau and around 20,000 Brazilians.[16][17]
People from CPLP countries thus number around 27,000 accounting for 0.25% of the population of Sweden.[18]
The immigrant community of people coming from CPLP countries in Sweden is the largest found among the Nordic countries: in Finland there are a little more than 5,000 CPLP nationals (0.09% of the country's population),[19][20] in Denmark there are around 11,000 CPLP nationals (0.19% of the country's population)[21][22][23] while in Iceland there are around 2,000 CPLP nationals (0.52% of the country's population),[24][25][26][27][28] and in Norway there are around 25,300 CPLP nationals (0.38% of the population).[29][25][30][31]
