(edit title) Statistics with immigration by country Looking for number of X country citizens in Sweden Options

[jan.petras]

Hei. Like the title says, I'd like to know if there's a statistic where I can see exactly how many people from a certain (several) country are in Sweden.

I was searching around for Eastern European immigrants in Sweden and all I could find was about Romania which apparently has around 18.000 people in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, with just under 3.000 in Sweden, myself included.

I'd love to find such statistics about Poland, Germany, Greece, Italy, etc.
If possible, all countries.

[Puffin]

have you looked at
www.scb.se

[AW1]

Hei. Like the title says, I'd like to know if there's a statistic where I can see exactly how many people from a certain (several) country are in Sweden.I was searchin ... (show full quote)

Hei. Like the title says, I'd like to know if there's a statistic where I can see exactly how many people from a certain (several) country are in Sweden.

I was searching around for Eastern European immigrants in Sweden and all I could find was about Romania which apparently has around 18.000 people in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, with just under 3.000 in Sweden, myself included.

I'd love to find such statistics about Poland, Germany, Greece, Italy, etc.
If possible, all countries. ... (hide full quote)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Sweden

[Migga]

Heres an interactive map showing the immigration to Sweden from the different countries around the world during the last 110 years;

http://statistics.heliohost.org/utrikes_1900/

The numbers are from scb.se. If you click on the left you change decade and if you click on the countries you get the figures. The numbers from the countries, in 2010, you listed are;
Polen: 70 253
Germany: 48 158
Greece: 11 381
Italy: 7 804
The largest groups are the Fins (169 521), the people from former Jugoslavia (153 574) and Iraquees (121 761). I guess we have the Americans to thank for the third largest group of people living here and the Russians for the largest one.

[jan.petras]

Thanks! That was all I was looking for. I honestly looked on SCB but couldn't find them categorized, only "total foreign background".

[Bender B Rodriquez]

Russians for the largest one.

Yes and no. The largest Finnish immigration was in the late 60s and early 70s, and was purely due to the strength of Swedish industry at that time. The Turkish immigrated at the same time to work at the factories.

[Migga]

Sure but the early or "first" immigrants came during and after the war. That, in my mind, created a foothold for the future immigrants when deciding to come here. But the Fins will probably be overrun by the Iraquees, immigrants who have no prior ties with Sweden or it`s culture. Something that will and already is cause alot of problems.

[Johno]

Concerning the Finns. Note that one factor is that Swedish language is a compulsory subject in Finland. And there are still Swedish speaking pockets in Western and Southern Finland. So all Finns go to Sweden with one enormous advantage - they have some knowledge of Swedish ! And that then puts them on a footing with other Nordics in having basic mutual understanding. And have probably been migrating to and fro for centuries. Nothing recent about it. Sweden did rule Finland for a period after all, before the Russians that is.

[Investor612]

The largest groups are the Fins (169 521), the people from former Jugoslavia (153 574) and Iraquees (121 761). I guess we have the Americans to thank for the third largest group of people living here and the Russians for the largest one.
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From what my Swedish relatives tell me, Sweden had quite few Iraqi immigrants prior to the US invasion. Apparently that nice man Saddam some seem so nostalgic about caused people to flee as well.

[Yorkshireman]

Many of those fleeing Iraq, even today, are Christians, during Saddam times there was a degree of acceptance (or fear of attacking Christians!) it was estimated that before the US invasion there was a Christian population of around 1.4 Million. After Saddam was toppled, and since, over 50% of that Christian population has fled the country due to escape persecution.

In God We Trust... well the US did not really helped the Christians in that region for sure!

[cattie]

When I was in SFI in the 1990s (before 9/11) almost all my classmates were Iraqi. Many were Kurds who were persecuted by Sadaam, but not all. Most were educated. At that time, before the USA invasion of Iraq, the two of the destinations of Iraqi refugees were Sweden and California. I am from San Diego, and I knew more than one person in my class that had family in my hometown. There are far more Iraqi refugees in UK or Germany, but as a percentage of the population, they stand-out in Sweden as one of the larger immigrant groups.

Once the war began, of course those refugess would prefer to move to a place where they have familial ties. If you lost your business, and family members, and livlihood and home, maybe you would want to live near family also.

[Bender B Rodriquez]

Sure but the early or "first" immigrants came during and after the war. That, in my mind, created a foothold for the future immigrants when deciding to come here. Bu ... (show full quote)

Sure but the early or "first" immigrants came during and after the war. That, in my mind, created a foothold for the future immigrants when deciding to come here. But the Fins will probably be overrun by the Iraquees, immigrants who have no prior ties with Sweden or it`s culture. Something that will and already is cause alot of problems. ... (hide full quote)

Which war? The first wave of immigrants from Finland came during the 1600s, when Finland was a part of Sweden. Since then there has always been a foothold.

[Migga]

The second world war. If you noticed I wrote "first" wave, of course I didn`t mean the first ever wave of immigrants from Finland to Sweden. My point was to discuss the reason behind the large finnish group living here today, not in ages past. Of course there has been a foothold for long with the common culture, language and identity but I think the foothold after the war was an even stronger one.

[Investor612]

Many of those fleeing Iraq, even today, are Christians, during Saddam times there was a degree of acceptance (or fear of attacking Christians!) it was estimated that befor ... (show full quote)

Many of those fleeing Iraq, even today, are Christians, during Saddam times there was a degree of acceptance (or fear of attacking Christians!) it was estimated that before the US invasion there was a Christian population of around 1.4 Million. After Saddam was toppled, and since, over 50% of that Christian population has fled the country due to escape persecution.

In God We Trust... well the US did not really helped the Christians in that region for sure! ... (hide full quote)

Are you also going to try and find a way to blame the US for the persecution and murder of Coptic Christians in Egypt now after the so-called "Arab Spring?"

It seems to be a sad pattern in that part of the world that freedom is equated with taking advantage of the opportunity to exact revenge on ethnic/religious/tribal historical enemies.

IMO, the blame for religious persecution lies 100% on those doing the persecuting.

[skogsbo]

IMO, the blame for religious persecution lies 100% on those doing the persecuting.

Not those nations that instigate, help, or allow regime change, but then step back or withdraw when the real consequences of their actions start to unfold?