MAP: Where do Indian citizens live in Sweden?
Sweden is home to a thriving Indian community that has grown considerably in recent years. So where are they all living?
There are now 53,000 Indian-born people living in Sweden, meaning they now outnumber the 40,277 Norwegians and 38,070 Danes living in the country, and are almost neck and neck with the 55,642 people born in Germany.
Unsurprisingly, Indians are concentrated in and around Sweden's big cities, with nearly 9,700 living in the City of Stockholm, and nearly double that if you add in the neighbouring municipalities of Solna, Sollentuna, Järfalla, Huddinge, Sundbyberg, and Botkyrka.
There are 9,400 living in Gothenburg Municipality and 2,192 in the City of Malmö.
There are also clusters in smaller cities, however, driven by local businesses employing Indian IT workers. There 700 Indians living in Älmhult, where Ikea is headquartered, 2,202 based in Helsingborg, where Ikea bases much of its IT development, and about 1,000 living in Linköping, the headquarters of Saab Aerospace.
Perhaps more surprising than how concentrated Indians are is how widely spread out they also seem to be. There is at least one Indian-born person registered as living in all but four of Sweden's 290 municipalities (Bräcke in Jämtland, and Dorotea, Arvidsjaur, and Jokkmokk in icy northern Norrbotten, if you're interested).
Can the sole Indian citizen registered in Arjeplog get in touch? We'd love to hear about what you're doing up there.
Here are Sweden's top ten municipalities in terms of the number of Indian residents:
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There are now 53,000 Indian-born people living in Sweden, meaning they now outnumber the 40,277 Norwegians and 38,070 Danes living in the country, and are almost neck and neck with the 55,642 people born in Germany.
Unsurprisingly, Indians are concentrated in and around Sweden's big cities, with nearly 9,700 living in the City of Stockholm, and nearly double that if you add in the neighbouring municipalities of Solna, Sollentuna, Järfalla, Huddinge, Sundbyberg, and Botkyrka.
There are 9,400 living in Gothenburg Municipality and 2,192 in the City of Malmö.
There are also clusters in smaller cities, however, driven by local businesses employing Indian IT workers. There 700 Indians living in Älmhult, where Ikea is headquartered, 2,202 based in Helsingborg, where Ikea bases much of its IT development, and about 1,000 living in Linköping, the headquarters of Saab Aerospace.
Perhaps more surprising than how concentrated Indians are is how widely spread out they also seem to be. There is at least one Indian-born person registered as living in all but four of Sweden's 290 municipalities (Bräcke in Jämtland, and Dorotea, Arvidsjaur, and Jokkmokk in icy northern Norrbotten, if you're interested).
Can the sole Indian citizen registered in Arjeplog get in touch? We'd love to hear about what you're doing up there.
Here are Sweden's top ten municipalities in terms of the number of Indian residents:
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